Carrier rocket Falcon 9, the US company SpaceX successfully launched into orbit a communications satellite, but to carry out a guided descent on an offshore platform in the Atlantic Ocean missiles bottom step once again failed.
“. The missile made a hard landing on the platform I do not think it will work, however, in the next run a good chance.” – wrote the head of SpaceX Elon Musk in the “Twitter”
The launch of the Falcon 9 was postponed four times out. -this unsuccessful landing a previous rocket, the problems with the weather and technical problems.
The company will continue to work on the problem of reusing the launcher.
If SpaceX experts will establish the landing of the first stage on a platform at sea it greatly reduce the cost of launching rockets. Soft landing would mean that the first stage can be restored and used again.
In the future, in the same way it will be possible to return the spacecraft for Earth.
In December, model Falcon 9 rocket successfully I passed a test run. She landed in an upright position at 10 kilometers from the launch site at Cape Canaveral in Florida about 10 minutes after the start. However, the next attempt to implement a managed descent rocket failed.
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