NASA's Zurbuchen Praises ULA Team For Textbook Launch

Bill Jelen

August 12, 2018

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER: Moments after the Parker Solar Probe was energy-positive, Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate held an impromptu session with media gathered at the Kennedy Space Center Press Site.

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Falcon 9 launches Merah Putih on August 7, 2018.  Photo credit: Mary Ellen Jelen / We Report Space

SpaceX Re-Flies First Block 5 Booster After 88 Days for Merah Putih

On August 7, 2018 at 1:18 AM local time, SpaceX Booster Number 46 lifted the Merah Putih satellite to orbit for Telkom Indonesia. While this is the fifteenth time that SpaceX has re-flown a first-stage booster, this is the first time that they have re-flown their new Block 5 version of the booster. The booster originally launched Bangabandhu-1 on May 11, 2018. The 88 days to recover, refurbish, and re-fly the booster is significantly faster than the refurbishment times for previous versions.

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