SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is ready to return to flight after suffering a mission-ending failure during a routine journey earlier this month.
A Falcon 9 first-stage booster is seen on display at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, on July 16. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket — the most prolific launch vehicle in the world — is ready to return to flight after suffering a mission-ending failure during a routine journey earlier this month.
Approval to resume Falcon 9 launches also means that SpaceX is back on track to return to its routine but crucial work launching astronauts to the International Space Station. SpaceX’s 10th such trip — carried out on behalf of NASA — is slated to take flight in August. That mission is dubbed Crew-9, and NASA said Friday it’s on track to launch "no earlier than" August 18.
What happened to Falcon 9The Falcon 9, which is the smallest vehicle among SpaceX’s fleet of rockets, is the linchpin of the US rocket industry. Already in 2024, it has carried out more than 60 missions. No other rocket comes close to being as active.A Falcon 9 had launched a group of Starlink satellites out of California on July 11 shortly before the mishap occurred.
Despite the mishap, the satellites were safely deployed, Walker said. The rocket sensed an engine issue, she said, and deployed the satellites. But they were put into a much lower orbit than intended, meaning they would likely be dragged out of space by Earth’s gravity very quickly.
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