It was 4:58 a.m. in mainland Portugal on a Monday morning when A.J Falcon 9 She took off from Cape Canaveral, in the USA, to ride more 22 SpaceX Starlink satellites to Low Earth Orbit (LEO).
In addition to the successful delivery, the flight was marked by standard set By the company’s rocket for Elon Musk’s commercial space exploration, since it was For the 16th time, this Falcon 9 has taken to the skies (And he went down), that is, his first stage more precisely.
SpaceX shared the video of the moment online
a Back to earth This part of the launchpad occurred about eight minutes after liftoff, with a vertical descent aboard an unmanned ship parked in the Atlantic Ocean, near the coast of Florida.
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Record breaking Falcon 9 Missions launched ANASIS-II, CRS-21, Transporter-1, and Transporter-3, which add up to 11 Starlink missions.
In addition to the number of reuses, the first stage of the rocket is also special because it was mounted to the Crew Dragon spacecraft. It carried the first SpaceX astronauts on a test flight to the International Space Stationin May 2020.
SpaceX contract First reuse of Falcon 9 In March 2017.
It should be noted that SpaceX has also recently noted that it has reached 200 successful landings with the Falcon 9.
After a series of setbacks, including explosions, SpaceX achieved the first successful landing of a rocket in late 2015. since then, Perfect the procedure so that the Falcon 9 can be reused, after being reviewed. In this way, it succeeds in reducing the cost of launches. The same thing happens with the reuse of the Dragon spacecraft, in crew and cargo flights to and from the International Space Station.
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