The mission’s primary objective was commercial: the company had been commissioned to launch satellites for the New Jersey-based communications company OrbComm. The landing paves the way for potentially reusing rockets for space launches, which SpaceX and other companies hope will dramatically reduce the cost of gaining access to space. The images with people and cars nearby really show how huge the Falcon 9 first stage is.
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But not all their launches have been so successful.
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The Frenchman said: “What more could we have done?” “The two best chances were tremendous saves from the goalies, De Gea and Courtois”.
The 23-story-high Falcon 9 went almost 125 miles (200 km) into space before separating its second stage to deliver 11 ORBCOMM satellites.
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The company’s previous attempts, which involved landing the rocket on a floating barge, all ended in failure.
The 8:29 liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral was its first after the loss of a rocket six months ago that was carrying supplies to the International Space Station. SpaceX has been repeatedly claiming that that it was not impossible to land rockets vertically.
Creating reusable rockets that can land and relaunch is considered a major technological milestone that will significantly lower the cost of space travel. The rocket landed successfully in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
“It’s a revolutionary moment”, Elon Musk, SpaceX’s chief executive officer and chief technology officer, told reporters after the landing, according to an Associated Press report.
On that occasion an unmanned Falcon 9 broke apart in flames minutes with debris tumbling to the Atlantic Ocean out from the heavens.
SpaceX launches satellites into orbit and flies cargo to the space station.
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Even Jeff Bezos was impressed enough to tap out a tweet, an achievement nearly as monumental as the rocket landing itself as it was only his fifth post in seven years.
