SpaceX Launches Turksat 5A Satellite, Falcon 9 Aces Return Landing Again

Sarah Lee-Jones
3 years ago

Spacex falcon 9

On Thursday evening SpaceX and its Falcon 9 booster successfully launched the Turksat 5A satellite into space.

The launch window began at 5:28pm PT/8:28pm ET, but eventually took place at 6:15pm PT/9:15pm ET, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida.

Falcon 9, after successfully boosting the Turksat 5A payload into orbit–which successfully deployed an hour ago–landed on the drone ship Just Read The Instructions in the Atlantic Ocean, again making it look so easy.

The next SpaceX launch will the Transporter-1 launch, set for January 14, 2021.

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