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01-14-2017, 10:17 PM
SpaceX returns to flight in style, launching satellites and landing a**ther rocket
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SpaceX is back.*
Elon Musk's private space company just successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket to space following an explosion in Sept. that had halted its launch operations.*
The company returned to flight in style, too, by landing its seventh rocket stage back on Earth after delivering a payload to space. The landing was a secondary objective for the mission, but it was gorgeous. The booster landed dead-center on a small remotely-operated barge in the Pacific Ocean.
SEE ALSO: SpaceX's Saturday rocket launch is a big freaking deal (http://mashable.com/2017/01/14/spacex-rocket-launch-saturday-watch-live/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket gently landed on SpaceX's drone ship less than 10 minutes after it launched 10 communications satellites on their way to orbit for Iridium, a**ther spaceflight company.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/01/14/spacex-returns-to-flight-sticks-rocket-landing/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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SpaceX is back.*
Elon Musk's private space company just successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket to space following an explosion in Sept. that had halted its launch operations.*
The company returned to flight in style, too, by landing its seventh rocket stage back on Earth after delivering a payload to space. The landing was a secondary objective for the mission, but it was gorgeous. The booster landed dead-center on a small remotely-operated barge in the Pacific Ocean.
SEE ALSO: SpaceX's Saturday rocket launch is a big freaking deal (http://mashable.com/2017/01/14/spacex-rocket-launch-saturday-watch-live/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket gently landed on SpaceX's drone ship less than 10 minutes after it launched 10 communications satellites on their way to orbit for Iridium, a**ther spaceflight company.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/01/14/spacex-returns-to-flight-sticks-rocket-landing/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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