All posts tagged "Fairing Recovery"
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12.9KNewsSpaceX may have missed a rocket booster landing but it snagged both nosecone halves
Although SpaceX sadly lost a record-breaking rocket booster and suffered a significant in-flight anomaly during its sixth Starlink launch, the company later...
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12.9KNewsSpaceX's workhorse rocket is almost halfway to reaching ambitious reusability goals
Thanks to a recent cluster of major milestones, SpaceX’s family of Falcon 9 and Heavy rockets are rapidly nearing the halfway point...
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10.1KNewsSpaceX rocket booster makes it back to port after hard drone ship landing
SpaceX has completed its third rocket launch of 2020 and the most recent booster to launch safely returned to Port Canaveral on...
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22.6KNewsSpaceX just caught its first rocket nosecone in 5 months (and the booster landed, too)
One of SpaceX’s net-outfitted recovery ships has just completed the company’s first successful Falcon 9 nosecone (payload fairing) catch in more than...
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11.4KNewsSpaceX wraps up a decade of reusable rocketry with fastest booster recovery yet
SpaceX has completed its 13th and final launch and landing of the year and decade, marked by a Falcon 9 booster’s successful...
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49.6KNewsSpaceX fairing recovery ships return to port with Falcon 9 nosecone and battle scars
Four days after they headed out into the Atlantic Ocean, twin SpaceX fairing recovery ships Ms. Tree and Ms. Chief have returned...
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17.8KNewsSpaceX updates status of record-breaking Falcon 9 fairing recovery attempt
SpaceX has posted an update on its most ambitious Falcon fairing recovery attempt yet, confirming that the company’s twin recovery ships –...
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41.6KNewsSpaceX nails Falcon 9 landing as fairing halves begin journey back to Earth
SpaceX has successfully launched and landed Falcon 9 once again, sending a massive communications satellite on its way to an operational orbit...
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32.6KNewsSpaceX recovery ships head to sea for first 'whole-fairing' catch attempt
After a brisk day-long cruise into the Atlantic Ocean, SpaceX’s twin Falcon fairing recovery ships have reached the general landing area to...
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21.8KNewsSpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink launch eyes two reusability milestones as new satellite details emerge
SpaceX is set for Falcon 9’s first orbital launch in more than three months. Known as Starlink-1, the mission will launch the...
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SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 launch set to debut twin fairing recovery ships
SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 launch – a dedicated Starlink mission scheduled no earlier than November 11th – appears to be set to...
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21.3KNewsSpaceX’s first Falcon 9 launch in months gets a launch date
SpaceX’s first Falcon 9 launch in more than three months finally has a launch date and it looks like the company’s growing...
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25.4KNewsSpaceX’s new Falcon 9 fairing recovery ship kicks off sea trials ahead of next launch
After a brief installation period, SpaceX’s second Falcon 9 fairing-catching ship departed Port Canaveral to begin sea trials with its new net...
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16.6KNewsSpaceX to catch two Falcon 9 fairings at once with twin nets
Over the last three or so weeks, SpaceX rocket recovery technicians and engineers have rapidly modified a second Falcon fairing recovery vessel...
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15.2KNewsSpaceX’s next Falcon 9 launches get a bit closer as hardware arrives in Florida
On September 18th, local Florida resident Andrew Stoltz happened to be at the exact right place and time to catch a new...
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24.9KNewsSpaceX adds new ship to fleet after fairing catcher Ms. Tree nails second recovery in a row
In a telltale sign that SpaceX is growing much more confident in its ability to consistently recover Falcon 9 fairings, the company...
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13.8KNewsSpaceX nails second Falcon 9 fairing catch ever with GO Ms. Tree, Elon Musk shares video
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says that the company has successfully caught its second Falcon 9 fairing ever, an excellent sign that the...
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45.0KNewsSpaceX’s Falcon Heavy fairing tries to enter hyperspace, lands in net in new videos
SpaceX and CEO Elon Musk have released videos offering an extended look at the unexpectedly dramatic conditions Falcon payload fairings are subjected...
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46.2KNewsSpaceX successfully catches first Falcon Heavy fairing in Mr. Steven’s/Ms. Tree’s net
After more than 18 months of concerted effort, SpaceX has successfully caught a Falcon fairing in Mr. Steven’s (now GO Ms. Tree)...
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60.1KNewsSpaceX ship Mr. Steven renamed ahead of Falcon Heavy fairing catch attempt
In a pleasant, last-minute surprise, SpaceX fairing recovery vessel Mr. Steven has departed Port Canaveral for its first Falcon fairing catch attempt...
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