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The Falcon 9 rocket with a reused first stage blasting off (Photo SpaceX)

A success for the first launch of a reused rocket by SpaceX

Massimo Luciani March 31, 2017 1

A few hours ago the SES-10 satellite was launched on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral. The innovation compared to regular launches of this type is that the rocket’s first stage was already used in a previous mission. It’s the first time that this happens in an actual mission.

The Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage did its job and after the second stage successfully separated it landed for the second time on the “Of course I still love you” dron ship. It will be brought back to the mainland and subjected to a new series of checks and tests to understand how it endured its second mission.

The Sentinel-2B satellite atop a Vega rocket (Image ESA/Arianespace)

The Earth observation Sentinel-2B satellite has been successfully launched

Massimo Luciani March 7, 2017 1

A few hours ago, the Sentinel-2B satellite of the Copernicus / GMES program, blasted off from the Kourou base, French Guiana, on a Vega rocket. Shortly after, the spacecraft regularly separated from the rocket’s last stage and started sending signals. A few hours later it started deploying its solar panels.

The Progress MS-5 cargo spacecraft blasting off atop a Soyuz U rocket (Image NASA TV)

A success for the launch of the Russian cargo spaceship Progress MS-5 to the International Space Station

Massimo Luciani February 22, 2017 1

A few hours ago the Progress MS-5 spacecraft blasted off atop a Soyuz U rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. After about nine minutes it successfully separated from the rocket’s last stage and was placed on it route. The cargo spacecraft began its resupply mission to the International Space Station also called Progress 66.

SpaceX Dragon cargo spaceship blasting off atop a Falcon 9 rocket to start its CRS-10 mission (Image NASA TV)

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft blasted off for its CRS-10 mission for NASA

Massimo Luciani February 19, 2017 3

A little while ago SpaceX Dragon spacecraft blasted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in its CRS-10 (Cargo Resupply Service 10) mission, also referred to as SPX-10. After almost ten minutes it separated successfully from the rocket’s last stage and went en route. This is the tenth mission for the Dragon spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station with various cargoes and then return to Earth, again with various cargoes.

The HTV-6 cargo spacecraft blasting off atop a H-IIB rocket (Image NASA TV / JAXA)

A success for the launch of the Japanese cargo spaceship HTV-6 to the International Space Station

Massimo Luciani December 9, 2016 1

A little while ago the HTV-6 spacecraft blasted off atop a H-IIB rocket from the Tanegashima space center in Japan for a resupply mission to the International Space Station. About fifteen minutes after the launch, the cargo spacecraft separated regularly from the rocket’s last stage, entered its preliminary orbit and deployed its solar panels and navigation antennas.