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Corellian Engineering Corporation StarHauler 131-T3 Drone Barge
Source: The Essential Guide to Droids (Del Rey, 1999)
World’s Largest Drone – The SpaceX Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship
The autonomous spaceport drone ship (ASDS) is an ocean-going, barge-derived, floating landing platform that aerospace and rocket company SpaceX will use to receive returning first stages rockets after they have launched spacecraft into orbit.
It was converted from a barge named Marmac 300 in late 2014 and was deployed in January 2015 during the CRS-5 cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. It forms an important element of the SpaceX reusable launch system development program which aims to significantly lower the price of space launch services. SpaceX plans to use the ASDS as a floating launch platform, refuelling a landed first stage with sufficient fuel to enable it to fly back to its launch site. No date has been provided for when this capability would be developed, tested or made operational.
The SpaceX Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship Gallery
World’s Largest Drone – The SpaceX Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship The autonomous spaceport drone ship (ASDS) is an ocean-going, barge-derived, floating landing platform that aerospace and rocket company SpaceX will use to receive returning first stages rockets after they have launched spacecraft into orbit.
