Jason-3 Ocean-Monitoring Satellite healthy after smooth ride atop Falcon 9 Rocket

January 17, 2016January 28, 2017 Patrick Blau 6508 Views Jason 3, Vandenberg

SpaceX can celebrate another successful mission, launching their Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday for its second west-coast mission – successfully placing into orbit the Jason-3 oceanography satellite in a U.S.-European collaboration.

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SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster Landing on Ocean-going Drone Ship fails in rough Sea Conditions

January 17, 2016January 28, 2017 Patrick Blau 5528 Views Jason 3, Vandenberg

SpaceX was not able to achieve the company’s next milestone on Sunday when their Falcon 9 first stage booster came in hot and made a hard landing in the latest attempt to fly the rocket to the Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship located in the Pacific Ocean.