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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket heading for milestone third launch
SpaceX is gearing up to launch the final Falcon 9 rocket design for the third time, just months after reusing it to blast off a satellite to geostationary orbit. The move would be a milestone of sorts for the private space company, marking the first time a single first stage booster has been used more than twice for missions. On its third go, the Falcon 9 will reportedly be used on a SSO-A launch to carry a rideshare mission of dozens of small satellites for Spaceflight on November 19, reports Ars Technica.
SpaceX relaunches the final Falcon 9 rocket design
Tonight, SpaceX has launched a satellite to geostationary orbit, but that payload isn't what makes this mission special: it's the rocket itself. The private space corporation has reused a Block 5 booster for the first time, the same one it used to launch a Bangladesh communications satellite back in May. Block 5 is the final version of the company's Falcon 9 rocket, which SpaceX expects to reuse for up to 100 times.
SpaceX preps for manned spaceflight with Falcon 9 satellite launch
SpaceX has decided that the latest version of its Falcon 9 rocket is ready to take off after a static-fire test conducted on May 4th. The private corporation has revealed on Twitter that it's planning to launch Bangladesh's Bangabandhu-1 communications satellite to orbit on May 10th on top of a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket. Block 5 was designed to have greater and better landing legs, because it's the spacecraft the company will use to send astronauts to the ISS. In addition to having more power, one of its other main features is reusability: a Block 5's first stage was developed to fly 10 times or more.
