SpaceX has carried out a successful relaunch of its Block 5 Falcon 9 rocket, flying with a communications satellite for Telkom Indonesia. The rocket’s first stage, which first lifted off in May with the Bangabandhu-1 satellite for Bangladesh, landed for a second time on the drone ship in the Asia. The recovered Block 5 booster, designed to enable first-stage reuse at least 10 times, will now undergo a thorough inspection before being prepared for a third launch.
SpaceX has carried out a successful relaunch of its Block 5 Falcon 9 rocket, flying with a communications satellite for Telkom Indonesia. The rocket’s first stage, which first lifted off in May with the Bangabandhu-1 satellite for Bangladesh, landed for a second time on the drone ship in the Atlantic. The recovered Block 5 booster, designed to enable first-stage reuse at least 10 times, will now undergo a thorough inspection before being prepared for a third launch.