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06-26-2017, 01:52 AM
SpaceX sticks its 2nd rocket landing in 48 hours, and oh just take us to orbit already
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Lucky number 13.*
SpaceX just performed its 13th rocket landing back on Earth after launching 10 communications satellites (http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/iridium2presskit.pdf) on their way to orbit on Sunday at 4:25 p.m. ET from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base.*
The Falcon 9 rocket booster — equipped with brand new titanium fins for landing — touched down on a drone ship in the Pacific, making it the eighth such successful ship landing in the company's history, with the other 5 landings occurring back on a pad on solid ground in Florida.*
SEE ALSO: SpaceX’s second launch-and-land of a used rocket was a nail-biter (http://mashable.com/2017/06/23/spacex-second-rocket-reflight-launch-landing/)
This also marks the Elon Musk-founded company's second rocket launch and landing in 48 hours, and ninth launch this year. SpaceX also brought back a Falcon 9 booster to a drone ship in the Atlantic on Friday after**on.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/25/spacex-13th-rocket-landing-iridium-falcon-9/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Lucky number 13.*
SpaceX just performed its 13th rocket landing back on Earth after launching 10 communications satellites (http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/iridium2presskit.pdf) on their way to orbit on Sunday at 4:25 p.m. ET from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base.*
The Falcon 9 rocket booster — equipped with brand new titanium fins for landing — touched down on a drone ship in the Pacific, making it the eighth such successful ship landing in the company's history, with the other 5 landings occurring back on a pad on solid ground in Florida.*
SEE ALSO: SpaceX’s second launch-and-land of a used rocket was a nail-biter (http://mashable.com/2017/06/23/spacex-second-rocket-reflight-launch-landing/)
This also marks the Elon Musk-founded company's second rocket launch and landing in 48 hours, and ninth launch this year. SpaceX also brought back a Falcon 9 booster to a drone ship in the Atlantic on Friday after**on.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/25/spacex-13th-rocket-landing-iridium-falcon-9/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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