Iconic SpaceX Booster Falls and Breaks in the Ocean
The Falcon 9 rocket launching on December 23.
A Falcon 9 first-stage booster broke apart after completing its 19th mission, tipping over on the floating droneship in the Atlantic Ocean due to high winds.
The SpaceX rocket launched on Saturday, December 23, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, while carrying 23 Starlink satellites to orbit. After landing on the company’s droneship, the rocket booster, known by its serial number B1058, was being transported back to shore when it tipped over due to high winds and waves, SpaceX revealed Tuesday on X (formerly Twitter).
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The company isn’t going to discard the broken-off bits of its iconic rocket booster though. “We are planning to salvage the engines and do life leader inspections on the remaining hardware,” Jon Edwards, SpaceX’s vice president of Falcon launch vehicles, wrote on X. “There is still quite a bit of value in this booster. We will not let it go to waste.”
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