At the fifth time of asking , SpaceX ’s tardy Falcon 9 Eruca sativa finally take off on Friday , March 4 . hold had see the launchpushed backfor almost two weeks , but it successfully launched at 6.35 p.m. EST ( 11.35 p.m. GMT ) on Friday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida .

This missionary station was pack the SES-9 commercial communications artificial satellite into orbit   for the Luxembourg - ground company SES . This satellite was taken to a geostationary orbit , one where the satellite is always above the same point on Earth .

But after delivering the planet to revolve , SpaceX then attempted again to land the first stage of the rocket on a float lighter , something that has eluded the company so far . Prior to the launch , CEO Elon Musk had already said the chance of a landing being a winner on this attempt   were slim , owing to the high altitude required for the launch . This left less fuel available for the Eruca vesicaria sativa to successfully land on the barge , 600 klick ( 370 miles ) from the launch website .

That prove to be the lawsuit , with the first degree of the rocket doss into the barge , rather than make out to a sonant landing place . That it made it to the flatboat at all is an achievement in itself , though .   There ’s no footage of the landing place attempt yet , but we   expect to see something from SpaceX before long .

“ Rocket land hard on the droneship , ” Musktweeted . “ Did n’t expect this one to influence ( v spicy reentry ) , but next flight of steps has a good probability . ”

however , the data point from the landing place will be useful to SpaceX as it continues to refine its landings , in an effort to make their skyrocket reclaimable . Using a hoy establish SpaceX more option for landings , as the rockets can set ashore far from the launch site .

The planet itself was successfully place in its butt electron orbit of 40,600 kilometers ( 25,200 miles ) , where it will be used to support communication   in the Asia - Pacific neighborhood .

you could check out a full replay of the launch below .