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A Shortfall Of Gravitas - SpaceX’s new autonomous droneship

📸: Adam Bernstein - adambernsteinphotography.com

[everythingspacex]

SpaceX is targeting Saturday, June 13 at 5:21 a.m. EDT, 9:21 UTC, for launch of its ninth Starlink mission, which will include 58 Starlink satellites and three of Planet’s SkySats. Falcon 9 will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and a backup opportunity is available on Sunday, June 14 at 4:59 a.m. EDT, 8:59 UTC. This mission marks SpaceX’s first SmallSat Rideshare Program launch. 

Falcon 9’s first stage previously supported Dragon’s 19th and 20th resupply missions to the International Space Station. Following stage separation, SpaceX will land Falcon 9’s first stage on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Half of Falcon 9’s fairing previously flew on the JCSAT-18/Kacific1 mission, and the other half previously flew on SpaceX’s third Starlink mission.

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Landing of the first stage on the droneship. SpaceX, Starlink Mission.

Link: Starlink Mission.

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Octagrabber aka the "barge bot", is a autonomous bot that stabilise the Booster from flipping in tides. Which isn't currently suitable for Center Core of Falcon Heavy(destroyed by flipping on April 16) to Hold the booster upright in tough conditions and bring back to dry land, the last time it was used when Falcon 9 First stage landed on OCISLY for Demo Mission 1 as well as Nusantara Satu/Beresheet Lander Render :knews #octagrabber #spacex #bargebot #ksp #ocisly #falconheavy #falcon9 #space #droneship #rocket #falconlanding #elonmusk #beresheet #science #astrophysics #engineering #technology #aerospace #aeronautics #marine https://www.instagram.com/p/BwWMRNFh4U9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=bp2rsxdzlzi4

[prismstreak]

Merlin and Just Read the Instructions

on DeviantArt 

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[for-all-mankind]

Falcon 9 from the SES-10 mission landing on Of Course I Still Love You, completing the world’s first reflight of an orbital rocket With the booster back in Port Canaveral, SpaceX has released droneship footage of the landing which can be seen here

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SpaceX lands all three Falcon Heavy rocket boosters for the first time ever

A little more than one year after the Falcon Heavy’s first launch, SpaceX finally landed all three of the rocket’s boosters. Two landed back at Cape Canaveral, while one landed on a drone ship at sea.