SpaceX kept up its impressive launch pace as the company reused its first Block 5 Falcon 9 booster in Tuesday’s launch of Merah Putih. Liftoff, from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, occurred at the opening of a two-hour window at 01:18 Eastern Time (05:18 UTC). This was the first Block 5 Falcon 9 to have been reflown and successfully landed on the drone ship to allow for an expected third flight.
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Second Falcon 9 Block 5 static fires ahead of Telstar 19V launch
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On May 11th, SpaceX successfully launched a Block 5 Falcon 9 – the final major…
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Northrop Grumman conducted the first test firing of its Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension (BOLE)…
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Launch Roundup: Launch manifest remains busy as 2025’s halfway point approaches
by Tyler GrayWith summer and winter for the Northern and Southern Hemispheres now in full swing, the…