#saocom 1

[spaceflight-insider]

Gallery: SpaceX creates nebula, makes history

Gallery: SpaceX creates nebula, makes history

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the SAOCOM 1 communications satellite roars to orbit on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018. Photo Credit: Ashly Cullumber / SpaceFlight Insider

LOMPOC, Calif. — SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket with the SAOCOM-1 satellite on Sunday, October 7, 2018 at 7:21 p.m. PDT. The SAOCOM-1 mission marked the first time that the company had completed a successful landing of a Falcon 9’s…

View On WordPress

[spaceflight-insider]

Warning issued about sonic booms during SpaceX's first West Coast landing attempt

Warning issued about sonic booms during SpaceX’s first West Coast landing attempt

A Falcon 9 with ten Iridium NEXT communications satellites at Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Photo Credit: SpaceX

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – SpaceX has made history by having the first stages of its Falcon 9 rockets conduct controlled landings. One of the side effects of those landings has been triple sonic booms – something the U.S. Air Force noted…

View On WordPress