Premise: Email the author. Check out a view of the Falcon 9 launch Monday from our camera at the Kennedy Space Center press site about three miles from pad 39A. The rocket blasted off at 7:15 a.m. EDT (1115 GMT) with a top secret spy satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office. Monday's mission marked the 33rd flight of a Falcon 9 rocket, and the fourth time one of the vehicle's first stages has landed at Cape Canaveral. Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.
Hypothesis: Early morning is a good time to launch a rocket.