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SpaceX put back on the floating platform Falcon 9 rocket

SpaceX снова посадила на плавучую платформу ракету Falcon 9In the framework of the last mission, the SpaceX rocket, the Falcon 9 delivered into orbit a new communications satellite.

Booster Falcon 9 was successfully launched from the spaceport at Cape Canaveral. This was reported in the Twitter company SpaceX.

The rocket was launched at 01:21 (08:21 MSK), led to an intermediate orbit satellite JCSAT-14, owned by Japanese telecommunications operator. In the future we will the final ascent of the device in geostationary orbit.

The separated first stage of the rocket after a few minutes after liftoff, landed on a special platform in the ocean.

Previous times, April 8, lower level also has successfully made a controlled landing on a floating platform. Earlier, on 17 January and 4 March, attempts to land the return stage of Falcon 9 failed.

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