The company SpaceX has made a successful landing reusable Falcon 9 rocket on a floating offshore platform early on Sunday morning, after using the rocket was launched on a Japanese communications satellite.
This launch was the eighth launch rocket the company is headquartered in California, USA, this year. The main aim facing the company in the framework of this program is the reuse of expensive components missile equipment, which is currently after the launch discharged into the ocean.
This successful landing vertical landing also became the fourth in a row Falcon 9 rocket on the deck of a floating ocean platform.
The snow-white rocket soared into the air under the cover of night from the Baikonur launch pad, located at Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, in the 5:26 GMT.
Less than three minutes of flight the main stage of the rocket separated in accordance with the flight program, and after about six minutes later landed on the deck of an automated marine vessel called Of Course I Still Love You.
This vertical landing on the deck of the barge is classified as high complexity, since JCSAT-16 satellite was launched into a high elliptical orbit at an altitude of 36,000 kilometers above the equator of the planet.
This communication satellite will help to improve the quality of satellite services in Asia, Russia, Oceania, Middle East countries and North America.
Source: https://kosmos-x.net.ru