Falcon 9 Booster arrives in Port after first successful Pacific-based Drone Ship Landing

January 18, 2017February 5, 2017 Patrick Blau 4492 Views Iridium, Iridium-NEXT, Vandenberg

SpaceX’s Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship was towed into the Port of Los Angeles in the early hours on Tuesday, marking the triumphant return of the first Falcon 9 booster to stick a sea-based landing in the Pacific Ocean.

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Falcon 9 Returns to Flight with flawless Iridium Satellite Delivery & successful Booster Landing

January 14, 2017January 28, 2017 Patrick Blau 6321 Views Iridium, Iridium-NEXT, Vandenberg

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket made an impressive Return to Flight on Saturday, blasting off from California and earning double check-marks by achieving a flawless delivery of ten Iridium-NEXT communications satellites and successfully landing the rocket’s first stage at sea for the first time after a West Coast launch.