{"id":15540,"date":"2016-05-06T20:35:02","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T12:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-falcon-9-streaks-into-space-lands-on-drone-ship\/"},"modified":"2016-05-06T20:35:02","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T12:35:02","slug":"photos-falcon-9-streaks-into-space-lands-on-drone-ship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-falcon-9-streaks-into-space-lands-on-drone-ship\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Falcon 9 streaks into space, lands on drone ship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX achieved a double success Friday with the launch of a Japanese communications satellite from Cape Canaveral, followed minutes later by the touchdown of the Falcon 9 rocket\u2019s 15-story first stage booster on a ship in the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket lifted off at 1:21 a.m. EDT (0521 GMT) Friday from Cape Canaveral\u2019s Complex 40 launch pad, turned east over the Atlantic, and raced into orbit with Japan\u2019s JCSAT 14 spacecraft, a commercial broadcasting platform owned by Tokyo-based SKY Perfect JSAT Corp.<\/p>\n<p>The Falcon 9\u2019s first stage detached from the launcher less than three minutes after liftoff to begin a powered descent to SpaceX\u2019s landing target, or drone ship, about 400 miles (650 kilometers) east of Cape Canaveral.<\/p>\n<p>These photos released by SpaceX, and taken from the company\u2019s live launch webcast, show the liftoff, landing and the first stage aboard the drone ship after sunrise Friday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14931\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14931\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14931\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/26778141961_b26376f7f8_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: SpaceX\" width=\"675\" height=\"1013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/26778141961_b26376f7f8_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/26778141961_b26376f7f8_k-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14931\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14932\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14932\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14932\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/26778141401_a29c883abe_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: SpaceX\" width=\"675\" height=\"1013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/26778141401_a29c883abe_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/26778141401_a29c883abe_k-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14933\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14933\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14933\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/26845160195_ea0789d69e_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: SpaceX\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/26845160195_ea0789d69e_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/26845160195_ea0789d69e_k-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14934\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14934\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14934\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/26778141661_ad872d282f_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: SpaceX\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/26778141661_ad872d282f_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/26778141661_ad872d282f_k-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14916\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14916\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14916\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/26751237322_22dc7de0f4_k.jpg\" alt=\"SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket streaks due east from Cape Canaveral after lifting off at 1:21 a.m. EDT (0521 GMT). Credit: SpaceX\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/26751237322_22dc7de0f4_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/26751237322_22dc7de0f4_k-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14916\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket streaks due east from Cape Canaveral after lifting off at 1:21 a.m. EDT (0521 GMT). Credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14918\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14918\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14918\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/f9_asds_flight24.jpg\" alt=\"The Falcon 9 rocket's first stage booster sits on the drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Credit: SpaceX\" width=\"675\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/f9_asds_flight24.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/f9_asds_flight24-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14918\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Falcon 9 rocket\u2019s first stage booster sits on the drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14935\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14935\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14935\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/26822456756_0c5686491e_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: SpaceX\" width=\"675\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/26822456756_0c5686491e_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/26822456756_0c5686491e_k-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/26822456756_0c5686491e_k-326x245.jpg 326w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/26822456756_0c5686491e_k-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14935\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14936\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14936\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14936\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/26822457306_eb81fa8e88_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: SpaceX\" width=\"675\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/26822457306_eb81fa8e88_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/26822457306_eb81fa8e88_k-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/26822457306_eb81fa8e88_k-326x245.jpg 326w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/26822457306_eb81fa8e88_k-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14936\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14937\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14937\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14937\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/26822458066_6e64b5269a_k.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: SpaceX\" width=\"675\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/26822458066_6e64b5269a_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/26822458066_6e64b5269a_k-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14937\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b><i>Email the author.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX achieved a double success Friday with the launch of a Japanese communications satellite from Cape Canaveral, followed minutes later by the touchdown of the Falcon 9 rocket\u2019s 15-story first stage booster on a ship in the Atlantic Ocean. 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