SpaceX has successfully launched its 10th orbital rocket of the year, but in a rare event, the rocket was dropped into the ocean and was not recovered after the launch
A Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket with the Israeli-owned Amos 17 commercial communications satellite lifts offSpaceX has successfully launched its tenth orbital rocket of the year, but in a rare event, the rocket was dropped into the ocean and was not recovered after the launch.
The company’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 7.23 P.M. Eastern Time today, Tuesday, August 6 carrying the AMOS-17 satellite for Israeli company Spacecom. This is an advanced communications satellite built by Boeing that will head to geostationary orbit, where it will remain for 20 years to service the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. The satellite weighs in at 6,500 kilograms.
Because of the high orbit needed by the satellite, the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket was not reused on the flight, as happens with most other rocket launches, and was instead dropped into the Atlantic Ocean. This first stage had previously flown before, however, in July 2018 when launching the Telstar 19 Vantage satellite and in November 2018 for the Es’hail 2 satellite.
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