Engineering:Falcon 9 booster B1019
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| Falcon 9 booster B1019 | |
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| Booster B1019 on display at SpaceX headquarters | |
| Role | First stage of orbital rocket |
| National origin | United States |
| Type | Falcon 9 first-stage booster |
| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
| Construction number | B1019 |
| First flight | 22 December 2015 (OG-2 Mission 2) |
| Last flight | 22 December 2015 |
| Flights | 1 |
| Status | Retired |
| Preserved at | SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California , United States [ ⚑ ] : 33°55′12″N 118°19′37″W / 33.919931°N 118.326846°W |
Falcon 9 booster B1019 is a first-stage reusable rocket booster for the Falcon 9 orbital launch vehicle manufactured by SpaceX. B1019 became the first orbital-class rocket that performed a successful return to launch site and vertical landing.[1][2][3] The booster is now on permanent display outside SpaceX's headquarters in Hawthorne, California at the intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard and Jack Northrop Avenue.[4]
Flight history
| Flight # | Launch date (UTC) | Mission # | Payload | Liftoff | Landing | Landing location | Notes |
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| 1 | 2015-12-22 22 December 2015
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Falcon 9 Flight 20 | OG-2 Mission 2 | Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) | Historic first successful rocket landing |
Gallery
At Landing Zone 1
At SpaceX HQ
As seen from Rocket Rd
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See also
- List of Falcon 9 first-stage boosters
- SpaceX Grasshopper
- McDonnell Douglas DC-X
- Blue Origin New Shepard
- Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne
References
- ↑ Jeff Foust (21 December 2015). "Falcon 9 Launches Orbcomm Satellites, Lands First Stage". SpaceNews. http://spacenews.com/falcon-9-launches-orbcomm-satellites-first-stage-lands/. "the first time SpaceX had successfully landed the rocket’s first stage."
- ↑ "SpaceX Shooting for a Dec. 19 Falcon Return-to-flight Launch" (in en-US). SpaceNews. 10 December 2015. http://spacenews.com/spacex-shooting-for-a-dec-19-falcon-return-to-flight-launch/. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- ↑ "SpaceX Makes History: Falcon 9 Launches, Lands Vertically" (in en-US). 22 December 2015. http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/spacex-makes-history-successfully-launches-lands-falcon-9-rocket-n483921. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ↑ Clark, Stephen (August 20, 2016). "SpaceX puts historic flown rocket on permanent display". http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/08/20/spacex-puts-historic-flown-rocket-on-permanent-display/. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
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