Thursday 7 July 2022 03:42 PM SpaceX marks 100th TIME it has re-flown a Falcon 9 rocket trends now
View
comments
Elon Musk's SpaceX hit a new milestone on Thursday - the company has now re-flown its Falcon 9 rocket 100 times.
Falcon 9 B1058-13 took off Thursday at 9:15am and landed back on Earth about eight and a half minutes later.
The rocket's main mission was to deliver a new batch of 53 Starlink internet satellites to low Earth orbit - and it did so successfully.
The Falcon 9 ignited its nine Merlin engines and left the launch pad at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, delivered the satellites and then touched back down on the droneship 'Just Read the Instructions,' which is stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
Scroll down for videos
Elon Musk's SpaceX hit a new milestone on Thursday - the company has re-flown its Falcon 9 rocket 100 times
B1058-13 headed northeast from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to deliver the flat-packed broadband relay stations to an orbit ranging between 144 miles and 209 miles in altitude.
Deployment of the 53 flat-packed satellites from the upper stage took place about 15 minutes after liftoff. This is also the 13th time this rocket has been re-used.
Falcon 9 is a reusable, two-stage rocket that has proven successful and
