Engineering:Falcon 9 booster B1023
| Falcon 9 booster B1023 | |
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| B1023 arrives in Port Canaveral on the drone ship after the stage landed successfully. | |
| Role | First stage of orbital rocket |
| National origin | United States |
| Type | Falcon 9 first-stage booster |
| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
| Construction number | B1023 |
| First flight | 27 May 2016 (Thaicom 8) |
| Last flight | 6 February 2018 (Falcon Heavy Test Flight) |
| Flights | 2 |
| Status | Retired[1] |
Falcon 9 booster B1023 is a first-stage reusable rocket booster for the Falcon 9 orbital launch vehicle manufactured by SpaceX. B1023 became the second successful return from a GTO launch, and later became the first booster to be reflown after being recovered from a GTO launch.
Flight History
This Falcon 9 booster was first launched on 27 May 2016 for Falcon 9 flight 25 carrying THAICOM 8 and landed vertically on an autonomous spaceport drone ship (ASDS). It was notable for leaning by about 6 degrees during recovery due to a hard landing using up the crush core in one of the landing legs.[2] After recovery, inspections, and refurbishing, it was launched again on 6 February 2018 for the Falcon Heavy test flight mission (Falcon Heavy flight 1) and recovered successfully a second time. Following the second flight, SpaceX stated that they plan to retire this booster.[1]
List of missions
| Flight # | Launch date (UTC) | Mission # | Payload | Liftoff | Landing | Landing location | Notes |
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| 1 | 2016-05-27 27 May 2016
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25 | THAICOM 8 | Of Course I Still Love You (ASDS) | Second successful rocket landing from a GTO launch | ||
| 2 | 2018-02-06 6 February 2018
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FH 1 | Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster | Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) | First booster to be reflown after being recovered from a GTO launch. |
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 O'Kane, Sean (7 February 2018). "Here’s what’s next for SpaceX after Falcon Heavy’s first flight". The Verge. https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/7/16983040/spacex-falcon-heavy-rocket-launch-schedule-spaceflight.
- ↑ Chris Bergin [@NASASpaceflight] (8 April 2017). "PS This is why we call this one the Leaning Tower of Thaicom-8. Hard landing/Crush Core on a landing leg.". https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/850903257606225920.
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