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SpaceX Lands Rocket in Harshest Conditions to Date and Attempts to Catch Fairing

The launch went smoothly despite fog so stiff the team couldn't see the rocket before launch.

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Backlit by the sun, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket completes its first-ever west coast droneship landing after the Iridium-1 mission January 14.  Just Read the Instructions, with the Falcon 9 secured to its deck, arrived at the port of Los Angeles early Tuesday morning, the first time an intact rocket has done so. P/C: SpaceX.

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SpaceX kicked off a busy week with a predawn rocket launch and drone ship landing

SpaceX is getting almost too good at these rocket booster landings.

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX Successfully Launches Satellites for Iridium

Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. successfully launched its 14th Falcon 9 rocket of the year, bringing the company a step closer to the 20 to 24 total missions it has targeted for 2017.

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https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=43638.msg1717171#msg1717171

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Flight Club // SpaceX Iridium-3

Watch the Falcon 9 trajectory for SpaceXs 43rd Falcon 9 launch. This was SpaceX's 3rd launch in the 7-launch Iridium NEXT series. The booster was successfully recovered downrange on the ASDS "Just Read The Instructions".

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Iridium Communications - in the midst of launching their next generation communications constellation - has formally signed an agreement with SpaceX to utilize

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Spectacular images of the Falcon 9 launching ten next-generation Iridium satellites into orbit on SpaceX’s return to flight mission, January 14, 2017. Launch occurred at 9:54am PST from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. 

The first stage of the rocket made a successful landing on the droneship Just Read the Instructions, marking the first time a rocket had been recovered following a west coast launch. This launch also marked the first time SpaceX has visibly numbered their first stages, with the number 29 appearing at the bast of each landing strut. This will help visually identify each stage following recovery and for future reflights. P/C: SpaceX, USAF.