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Bill Jelen

April 18, 2017

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A flight-proven (aka "used") Falcon 9 rocket lifts SES-10. Photo: Mike Seeley / We Report Space

SpaceX Recovers Payload Fairing & Re-Flown Booster for SES-10

For the first time, SpaceX has successfully re-used a Falcon 9 first stage. At 6:27 PM on Thursday March 30, 2017, Falcon 9 Booster #21 lifted the SES-10 satellite from Pad 39A. Less than 10 minutes later, the Falcon first stage landed on the SpaceX drone ship in the Atlantic ocean. Shortly thereafter, SpaceX also recovered one-half of the payload fairing, another first in space flight.

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