SpaceX Lifts USAF, Foreign Space Assets on Falcon 9 Rocket

by Nichols Martin February 22, 2019, 5:55 am

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SpaceX has launched a rocket carrying U.S. and foreign space assets from Cape Canaveral, Space News reportedÂ Thursday.

The Falcon 9 rocket transported a U.S. Air Force small satellite, Indonesia’s Nusantara Satu communications satellite and Israel’s Beresheet moon lander to space.

Spaceflight built the USAF smallsat that would operate with Nusantara Satu to support the service branch’s situational awareness experiment.

The rocket’s first-stage booster landed on the Of Course I Still Love You drone ship about nine minutes after the launch, marking the company’s 34th booster reentry.

Elon Musk, CEO at SpaceX, said the firm intends to use the booster again in April to support anÂ in-flight abort test with the Crew Dragon spacecraft.

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Written by Nichols Martin

a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, produces articles on the federal government's technology and business interests. The coverage of these articles include government contracting, cybersecurity, information technology, health care and national security.

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