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Old 02-01-2018, 06:49 PM
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Default Floating F9 first stage (links)

Hello All,

“A funny thing happened after the GovSat 1 launch on Wednesday” (see: http://spaceflightnow.com/2018/01/3...-status-center/ and http://spaceflightnow.com/2018/01/3...alcon-9-rocket/ ), and:

The Falcon 9’s first stage, which did not land on the drone ship but tested a very high thrust three-engine landing burn, survived its water landing, and Elon Musk has tweeted that they will try to tow it back to port. Here (see: http://spaceflightnow.com/2018/01/3...tellite-launch/ and http://finance.yahoo.com/news/space...-010302734.html ) are articles with photographs of the floating first stage, which is riding high in the water.
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