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SpaceX Misses Historic 50th Landing

Everything was going perfectly for SpaceX today, launching its Falcon 9 rocket and deploying 60 Starlink satellites. However, the expected historic 50th landing of the rockets first stage missed the landing on the drone ship. It’s still possibly recoverable according to SpaceX because it made a “soft landing” in the water right next to the ship.

Watch the takeoff, deployment and missed landing below:

SpaceX Misses Historic 50th Landing
SpaceX rocket takes off toward space
Accelerating toward orbital position
First burn
Reusable rocket ready for landing
First stage rocket that was expected to land on the drone ship for reuse
The 60 “stacked” Starlink satellites ready for deployment
Initial deployment of the 60 Starlink satellites
60 Starlink satellites begin deployment
60 Starlink satellites begin their automated orbital release procedure