SpaceX has today relaunched and retrieved its block 5 Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 1:18am ET, paving way for more successfully relaunches in the future. The company had previously performed another successful landing, just three months ago in May.
Falcon 9 and Merah Putih are vertical on Pad 40 in Florida. Weather is 80% favorable for the two-hour launch window, which opens Tuesday, August 7 at 1:18 a.m. EST, 5:18 a.m. UTC. https://t.co/gtC39uBC7z pic.twitter.com/xT23Oaz7bu
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 6, 2018
Successful deployment of Merah Putih to a geostationary transfer orbit confirmed.
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 7, 2018
This Block 5 rocket was used to place Indonesia’s Merah Putih satellite into orbit and that payload was offloaded 32 minutes after launch. The reusable stage one booster touched down on the droneship “Of Course I Still Love You”.
Here is the video:
SPACECRAFT SEPARATION!!! #SpaceX delivers Merah Putin to the correct orbit. Today’s launch was the first reflight of a Block 5 Falcon 9. pic.twitter.com/8fRobwhBmj
— Michael Baylor (@nextspaceflight) August 7, 2018
Falcon 9 first stage has landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship. pic.twitter.com/HCRvCYopuM
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 7, 2018
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