SpaceX's Falcon 9 v1.1 launched NOAA/NASA's Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) toward the Earth-Sun L1 point to monitor solar wind and Earth's climate. Rough seas forced SpaceX to cancel the first stage's drone-ship landing attempt.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- L1-point
- Sun-Earth L1
- Payload to orbit
- 570 kg
- Flight
- 10th
- of 15 Falcon 9 v1.1 flights
- Date and time
- 11 February 2015, 23:03 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 v1.1
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2015-007
- Launches in 2015
- 8th of 87
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