Falcon 9 rocket carrier, which belongs to the company SpaceX, launched on Monday evening local time from Cape Canaveral Florida and after several minutes of flight, the first time in history, no hassle landed in the same place.
He informed the owner of SpaceX, the billionaire Elon Musk, the Earth returned to the first stage of the rocket, the second was the low Earth orbit 11 small communications satellites. Earlier attempts of this kind ended in failure.
Recall 28 June. the crash Falcon 9 rocket on a mission delivering supplies to the International Space Station (ISS). SpaceX late July reported that the cause of the accident was the failure of the steel supports of the tank of helium.
– Looks that this element was DOA – he explained then Musk. He stressed that the preliminary determination and the investigation continues to be conducted.
steel support 60 cm upheld helium tank. When damaged, the tank broke up and exploded. A catastrophe occurred in less than three minutes after launch, the rocket from the US air force base at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Falcon 9 was to reach orbit unmanned Dragon transport on board which were two tons of equipment and supplies for the crew of the International Space Station.
NASA after the withdrawal four years ago from the service space shuttles use the services of private companies – SpaceX and Orbital Sciences – which instructs the delivery of cargo to the International Space Station.
See how he looked tremendously successful flight of Falcon 9 rocket.
(DK)
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