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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday November 06 2019, @11:47AM   Printer-friendly
from the don't-forget-to-wipe-your-nose dept.

SpaceX to Reuse Payload Fairing for First Time on Nov. 11 Launch:

A SpaceX launch set for Nov. 11 will mark the first Falcon 9 mission to use a payload fairing from a previous flight, the company announced Tuesday, shortly after SpaceX engineers at Cape Canaveral test-fired the mission's first stage booster, also refurbished and reused.

The Falcon 9 launch scheduled for next Monday — and previously planned for October — will loft 60 satellites for SpaceX's Starlink broadband network, joining 60 other test craft deployed on a Falcon 9 flight in May.

The launch window opens at 9:51 a.m. EST (1451 GMT) Monday and extends for approximately 11 minutes. It will be SpaceX's first launch since Aug. 6, and the first ground-based launch from Cape Canaveral since Aug. 22.

[...] Last month, a senior SpaceX official said the Starlink flight would be the company's first mission to fly a Falcon 9 first stage booster for a fourth launch.


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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday November 06 2019, @10:32PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday November 06 2019, @10:32PM (#917024) Journal

    The Starship, and the Super Heavy launcher both have a lot more surface area for advertisements.

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