Monday, December 21, 2015

Happy Landings

                          Amazing photo by Ben Cooper @LaunchPhoto

 NAILED IT:  This evening, SpaceX made history. 

 A little before 5:30 p.m. Pacific time, SpaceX launched a big Falcon 9 rocket. 

 On board were 11 satellites to low-Earth orbit for ORBCOMM, a leading global provider of Machine-to-Machine communication and Internet of Things solutions. 
The 11 satellites were successfully deployed about 20 minutes after liftoff, but SpaceX was just getting started. What they did next? Well, they landed the first stage of the rocket back at Cape Canaveral. 
It was kind of a big deal.

 If you take a look at Ben Cooper's photo up top, you'll see a double streak. It's made by SpaceX Falcon 9's launch (the left streak) and then return to launch site and touch down (right streak) under its own power. Ben's Photo is a 10-minute exposure.
https://youtu.be/O5bTbVbe4e4

 IN OTHER NEWS: We made a whirlwind 30-ish hour trip down to the Portland area Sunday to Monday. It was big fun - and we got to see some snow! We'll fill in some blanks tomorrow.

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  1. Grampa RDecember 21, 2015 at 10:10 PM

    That photo is a keeper for sure. Thanks.
    Way to go SpaceX. Going to make a big cost difference in getting things into orbit. A BIG difference.

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