SpaceX Set To Relaunch Falcon9 For The First Time This Fall

SpaceX has decided that it is finally time to test the much-promoted reusable rocket technology. Elon Musk, the company's chief executive, tweeted to confirm that the California-based company is set to relaunch one of their four Falcon 9 rockets sometime in September or October.

Fourth rocket arrives in the hangar. Aiming for first reflight in Sept/Oct. pic.twitter.com/TqW8d6Cc3U

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 7, 2016

A report in cnet.com revealed that SpaceX rockets have been involved in completing commercial missions in space. The plan is for the company's rockets to be reused after a turnaround of one week. They believe that this will drastically cut the cost of space exploration. This is also the start of Musk's hopes to start putting people on Mars in the next 10 years.

The target dates are set later than what Musk had originally wanted. He originally suggested that after SpaceX's first drone ship landing in April, the Falcon 9 rocket could fly again on its next orbital mission as early as May or June. According to the Verge, the turnaround time was set in a very ambitious time for the company, especially since SpaceX has just started figuring out its reusable strategy into practice. Eventually, SpaceX hopes to land and re-fly its rockets within just a few weeks.

There's still no word on what the first reused Falcon 9 will do. However, SpaceX said recently that a number of customers are interested in having their cargo fly on the landed vehicle, according to Space News. In February, a top official from international satellite operator SES said the company was particularly eager to have one of its probes sent to space on a previously landed Falcon 9. SES chief technology officer Martin Halliwell expressed in a previous interview that the group hopes to be the first among commercial satellite operators to fly the same rocket twice. The success of reusable booster technology for reduced costs fuels optimism in human spaceflight.

SpaceX's latest booster has recently survived an ocean journey without toppling over and successfully landed on a drone ship at sea. This marked the third time the company has nailed an offshore landing within seven weeks.

SpaceX's next launch of a commercial satellite is slated for June 14 from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.