SpaceX has carried out a successful relaunch of its Block 5 - 9 rocket , flying with a communications satellite for Telkom Indonesia . The rocket ’s first stage , which first flew off in May with the communications satellite for Bangladesh , landed for a second time on the launch pad 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 stage .
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.