Sunrise on the SpaceX spacecraft’s solar panels this morning, bringing two Planet Labs satellites to the ISS. The CRS-5 launch was a success, but the booster return to the robo-boat will hopefully happen next time. Here is the update from Elon: Rocket made it to drone spaceport ship, but landed hard. Close, but no cigar this time. Bodes well for the future tho. Ship itself is fine. Some of the support equipment on the deck will need to be replaced… Didnt get good landing/impact video. Pitch dark and foggy. Will piece it together from telemetry and ... actual pieces. Launch video: youtu.be/p7x-SumbynI?t=15m48s Planet Labs post: https://planet/pulse/665
Posted on: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 00:55:50 +0000