Interstellar Applications
Interstellar Applications
Rocket: Falcon 9 Block 3
Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
Payloads:
Satellite: Orbcomm-OG2
Quantity: 11
Destination: LEO
Customer: Orbcomm
Mass: 1892 kg
Satellite: Mass Simulator
Destination: LEO
Mass: 142 kg
Details:
With this mission, Falcon 9 performed the first ever landing of an orbital class rocket. B1019 was subsequently recovered, inspected, and put on display outside of SpaceX's headquarters in Hawthorne, CA where it still stands today. Return to flight of Falcon 9 after CRS SpX-7 failure. First flight of Falcon 9 v1.2 (Block 3)
"LZ-1 - The Falcon has landed"
Image Credit: Wikipedia
1st Falcon 9 Block 3 mission
1st success
1st consecutive success
1st launch for B1019
19th SpaceX launch from SLC-40
Turnaround: 176.46 days
1st landing
1st landing success
1st consecutive landing success
4th total landing attempt
1st total landing success
0th Starship landing attempt
0th Starship landing success
7th SpaceX mission of 2015
6th mission success of 2015
1st Falcon 9 Block 3 mission of 2015
25th SpaceX mission
20th SpaceX success