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Carrier rocket Falcon 9 successfully launched commercial satellite
Today (literally minutes ago) SpaceX has made another successful launch of its carrier rocket Falcon 9. flying commercial, his goal was concluded AsiaSat8 communications satellite into orbit.
To launch vehicle flight of the Falcon 9 is one way: satellite heavy to run it took all the fuel, and a soft landing / return of the first stage of the launch vehicle no resources, all spent during startup.
A schematic illustration of the satellite AsiaSat i>
Start-up, by the way, was broadcast live, here's a 12-minute recording, made during the broadcast:
Now we are working on installing a satellite into the desired orbit, the status of the mission can watch here .
As far as can be judged, SpaceX successfully continues to work in the field of commercial space exploration, so it remains to wish the company and Elon Musk and further to continue in the same spirit :)
P.S. By the way, the other day leadership SpaceX officially confirmed placement of a new cosmodrome in Texas. This has already been contacted Habré , and now all this information is confirmed.
Source: habrahabr.ru/post/232281/
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