Launch Mission: SES-9

🧾 Mission Details

Flight #: 27

Details: Second launch of the enhanced Falcon 9 Full Thrust launch vehicle. Following the launch, SpaceX attempted an experimental landing test to a drone ship, although a successful landing was not expected because launch mass exceeded previously indicated limit for a GTO there was little fuel left. As predicted, booster recovery failed: the spent first stage "landed hard", but the controlled-descent, atmospheric re-entry and navigation to the drone ship were successful and returned significant test data on bringing back high-energy Falcon 9s.

🚀 Rocket Details

Name: Falcon 9

Type: rocket

📍 Launchpad Details

Name: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Space Launch Complex 40

Location: Cape Canaveral, Florida

🛰️ Cores

• Core Serial: B1020 — Reuse Count: 0View Core

🧑‍🚀 Payloads

• Payload: SES-9 — Mass: 5271 kgView Payload

🚢 Ships Involved

• Name: Elsbeth III — Type: TugView Ship
• Name: GO Quest — Type: CargoView Ship
• Name: Megan — Type: CargoView Ship
• Name: Of Course I Still Love You — Type: BargeView Ship

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