{"id":15770,"date":"2016-01-20T23:50:06","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T15:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/spacex-rocket-wreckage-back-on-shore-after-near-miss-at-landing\/"},"modified":"2016-01-20T23:50:06","modified_gmt":"2016-01-20T15:50:06","slug":"spacex-rocket-wreckage-back-on-shore-after-near-miss-at-landing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/spacex-rocket-wreckage-back-on-shore-after-near-miss-at-landing\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX rocket wreckage back on shore after near-miss at landing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Debris from SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket booster returned to shore in Southern California late Monday after it tipped over on touchdown on a landing platform in the Pacific Ocean following liftoff with a ocean study satellite.<\/p>\n

SpaceX intended to recover the 14-story booster on the company\u2019s landing barge \u2014 named \u201cJust Read the Instructions\u201d \u2014 in an experimental secondary objective following Sunday\u2019s launch of the U.S.-European Jason 3 ocean observatory from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.<\/p>\n

But one of the four landing legs at the base of the rocket failed to lock, and the landing gear crumpled after an otherwise smooth touchdown, causing the booster to tip over and break apart in a fireball, throwing wreckage across the football field-sized ship.<\/p>\n

The vessel was positioned in the Pacific Ocean nearly 200 miles south of Vandenberg for Sunday\u2019s landing attempt.<\/p>\n

The Falcon 9\u2019s second stage continued into orbit with the Jason 3 satellite, successfully delivering the new ocean observatory to orbit more than 800 miles (1,300 kilometers) above Earth to begin a five-year mission measuring ocean waves and sea level rise.<\/p>\n

Identifiable debris aboard the landing ship includes the Falcon 9 rocket\u2019s engine section, which has nine Merlin 1D powerplants arranged in an \u201coctaweb\u201d configuration. For the final landing burn, only the center engine fires to slow the rocket\u2019s descent.<\/p>\n

The ship returned to the Port of Los Angeles late Monday.<\/p>\n

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