March 5, 2016, 07:09 | space | Private rocket | hard landing | USA
The American company SpaceX has failed to ensure that the first stage of the launch vehicle Falcon 9 would land on a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean.
Falcon 9 with a communication satellite SES-9 was launched from the spaceport at Cape Canaveral (Florida).
“The rocket landed firmly on the barge. We did not expect that this time it will be released, but the next start a good chance, “said in the microblogging founder billionaire Elon Musk.
Initially, the satellite would be put into orbit in September 2015.
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The test by the first stage of the rocket landing technology will enable much cheaper orbital flights. In 2015, the Space X Falcon managed to return step 9 to Earth intact, that was the first time in history.
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