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Making History: Falcon 9 Lifts Off on 1st Reflight Mission
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a used first stage launches the SES-10 communications satellite from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 30, 2017.
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First Stage Coming Home
Falcon 9’s first stage navigates back down.
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Falcon 9 First Stage Has Landed
The Falcon 9’s first stage successfully touched down on the drone ship “Of Course I Still Love You.”
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Nose Cone Close Up
In addition to reusing the Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage, SpaceX also recovered the $6 million payload fairing (the nose cone) which fell back to Earth in two halves and used thrusters and parachutes to make a soft splashdown.
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Falcon 9 Launches on First Orbital Reflight Mission
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the SES-10 communications satellite on March 30, 2017. The mission was SpaceX’s first-ever orbital flight using a pre-flown Falcon 9 first stage.
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Liftoff!
SpaceX made history when it reused a Falcon 9 rocket booster to launch the SES-10 satellite into orbit from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida on March 30, 2017.
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SpaceX Soars
A close-up of the SpaceX logo on the first orbital Falcon 9 rocket to launch twice.
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Next Stpp, Space
SpaceX made history when it reused a Falcon 9 rocket booster to launch the SES-10 satellite into orbit from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida on March 30, 2017.
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SES-10 Headed for Space
Another amazing launch view of SpaceX’s SES-10 launch.
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Under a Blue Sky
It was a spectacularly clear day when SpaceX launched SES-10.
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Falcon 9 Breathes Fire
SpaceX made history when it reused a Falcon 9 rocket booster to launch the SES-10 satellite into orbit from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida on March 30, 2017.
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Liftoff for Falcon 9, SES-10
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the SES-10 communications satellite on March 30, 2017, in the company’s first-ever reflight of a used booster.
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First Stage Separates
The Falcon 9 rocket releases its first stage, which begins to head back to Earth. (You can see the stage on the left of the righthand image.)
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Falcon 9 Flies
The Falcon 9’s “flight-proven” first stage carries it across the sky, gaining altitude before handing off to the second stage.
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Falcon 9 Launches
The previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket carrying an SES-10 communications satellite rises into the sky.
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Falcon 9 and SES-10 Rise Into the Sky
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and the SES-10 communications satellite rise into the sky above NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 30, 2017.
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Falcon 9 and SES-10 Blast Off
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launches the SES-10 communications satellite on March 30, 2017. The liftoff was the first ever to use a previously flown Falcon 9 first stage.
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Here we go again
This is the second go-around for this Falcon 9 first stage – it previous lifted off in April 2016.
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Behold, SES-10
The SES-10 communications satellite is prepared to be shipped to its launch site at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida for launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
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SpaceX SES-10 Mission Emblem
SpaceX’s mission emblem for the SES-10 communications satellite launch atop a reused Falcon 9 rocket.
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Launch Time Nears for SES-10, Falcon 9
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and its payload, the SES-10 communications satellite, shortly before their planned liftoff on March 30, 2017.
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SES-10 and Falcon 9 Ready to Go
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a previously flown first stage stands poised to launch the SES-10 communications satellite from Kennedy Space Center’s Pad 39A on March 30, 2017.
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Falcon 9 and SES-10 on the Pad
The SES-10 communications satellite and its Falcon 9 rocket on the pad ahead of a planned March 30, 2017 liftoff. The launch will mark the first orbital mission of a previously flown SpaceX rocket.
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SpaceX Test-fires Used Falcon 9 Rocket
SpaceX test-fired a used Falcon 9 rocket first stage on March 27, 2017, ahead of the booster’s planned March 30 flight.
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SES-10 Satellite: Artist’s Illustration
Artist’s illustration of the SES-10 communications satellite in Earth orbit. The satellite is scheduled to launch March 30, 2017, atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket whose first stage has already flown to space once before. The liftoff will be SpaceX’s first that employs a used booster.
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