This was an especially big day for SpaceX since it was Falcon 9’s first launch since an accidental explosion in June while the rocket was carrying supplies to the ISS.
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The successful launch also marked SpaceX’s return after its last rocket exploded during takeoff on June 28.
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The upgraded 23-storey-tall rocket lifted off on Tuesday afternoon on a satellite-delivery mission and a test flight of a booster rocket return-and-landing system.
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Elon Musk then sent out two tweets as he first announced his happiness to the world and then showed an image of the Falcon 9’s first stage on the landing pad at Cape Canavarel.
Previous landing attempts, none of them successful, used an ocean platform.
This is the first time SpaceX has ever attempted to land a rocket on land. By proving that it is possible to reuse rockets, access to space will could significantly cheaper, saving private companies millions of dollars per trip.
“It’s a revolutionary moment”, Musk told reporters after the landing.
“This was a first for us at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and I can’t even begin to describe the excitement the team feels right now having been a part of this historic first-stage rocket landing”, Monteith said in a statement.
Near the peak of its flight, at an altitude of 125 miles it propelled the rocket’s second stage – with the 11 communications satellites – towards the International Space Station. In the meantime, he’s working to transform the SpaceX Dragon capsules from cargo ships into real spaceships for crews travelling to and from the orbiting station.
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Musk has previously said that the ability to return rockets to Earth so they can be refurbished and reflown would dramatically reduce his company’s operational costs in the nascent commercial space travel industry.
