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The landing mishap ended a string of 267 successful booster recoveries dating back to February 2021. The Falcon 9's second stage, meanwhile, successfully carried 21 Starlink satellites to their ...
In the chilly hours of Wednesday morning, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took its record-breaking 24th flight, delivering 24 of the company's Starlink satellites to orbit. The Falcon 9 rocket launched ...
The Federal Aviation Administration has grounded SpaceX's Falcon 9 rockets pending an investigation to determine what caused a first-stage booster to crash onto a landing barge early Wednesday ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday said SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9 rocket has been grounded after failing an attempt to land back on Earth during a ...
In 2015, the LC-13 site was leased by SpaceX and was renovated for use as Landing Zone 1 and Landing Zone 2, the company's East Coast landing location for returning Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicle booster stages.
The goals for the test flight were for the Super Heavy booster to land on a 'virtual tower' in the ocean. [103] Super Heavy achieved a soft splashdown, [104] before being destroyed after tipping over. [105] [106] In April 2024, Musk stated one of the goals was to attempt a booster tower landing based on successful booster performance in flight 4.
Falcon 9 booster B1056 was a reusable Falcon 9 Block 5 first-stage booster manufactured by SpaceX. The booster was the fourth Falcon 9 to fly four times and broke a turnaround record for an orbital class booster on its fourth flight. The booster's service came to an end on its fourth flight following a landing failure on a Starlink flight. [1]
The Federal Aviation Administration, which licenses commercial rocket launches, grounded SpaceX’s rocket on August 28, after part of a Falcon 9 rocket booster exploded while attempting to land ...