Day: May 6, 2016

SpaceX lifts off and lands again

JCSAT-14 landingPrivate space launch contractor SpaceX once again successfully lands the first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket after the booster lifts a Japanese communications satellite into a parking orbit (from which the second stage propels the satellite to geostationary orbit). This second consecutive landing of a Falcon 9 first stage takes place at sea again, with the booster coming in for a faster landing then its predecessor.