{"id":18754,"date":"2017-10-30T21:55:37","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T13:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/sweet-16-spacex-sends-koreasat-5a-into-orbit-and-then-lands-falcon-9-booster\/"},"modified":"2017-10-30T21:55:37","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T13:55:37","slug":"sweet-16-spacex-sends-koreasat-5a-into-orbit-and-then-lands-falcon-9-booster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/sweet-16-spacex-sends-koreasat-5a-into-orbit-and-then-lands-falcon-9-booster\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet 16! SpaceX sends KoreaSat-5A into orbit and then lands Falcon 9 booster"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_373165\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-373165\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-373165\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/171030-spacex-630x420.jpg\" alt=\"SpaceX Falcon 9 launch\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/171030-spacex-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/171030-spacex-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/171030-spacex-1260x840.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/171030-spacex.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-373165\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rises from Kennedy Space Center\u2019s Launch Complex 39A in Florida, sending the Koreasat-5A telecommunications satellite into space. (SpaceX Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SpaceX executed its 16th Falcon 9 rocket launch of the year today, sending the Koreasat-5A telecommunications satellite into orbit and then having the first-stage booster fly itself back to an oceangoing launch pad.<\/p>\n<p>The mission marked a doubling of SpaceX\u2019s launch tally from last year and signaled that the California-based launch company is hitting its stride, 14 months after a launch pad accident dealt a setback to the Falcon 9 program.<\/p>\n<p>Liftoff came at 3:34 p.m. ET (12:34 p.m. PT) from Launch Complex 39A at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Minutes after launch, the Falcon 9\u2019s second stage separated from the first and sent the 8,000-pound satellite on a trajectory heading for geostationary transfer orbit. Meanwhile, the first stage maneuvered itself for a landing on \u201cOf Course I Still Love You,\u201d a drone ship stationed hundreds of miles off the Florida Coast.<\/p>\n<p>The booster landed intact, despite gouts of flame that played around its base. As the webcam view was being broadcast, SpaceX launch commentator John Federspiel joked that the rocket looked \u201ca little toasty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Koreasat-5A &amp; Falcon 9 first stage landing, 30 October 2017\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w-L7SWuCaUI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"450\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; width: 800px; height: 450px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Koreasat-5A will take over from the 11-year-old Koreasat-5 satellite&nbsp;and beam satellite data and TV services to Asia and the Middle East, with maritime coverage extending from the Persian Gulf to the East China Sea.<\/p>\n<p>The satellite is operated by South Korea\u2019s KT Sat.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX\u2019s next Falcon 9 launch is expected to involve putting an undisclosed payload into orbit next month. The payload, code-named \u201cProject Zuma,\u201d is thought to be a rapid-deployment satellite designed for use by a U.S. government agency or a hush-hush commercial venture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rises from Kennedy Space Center\u2019s Launch Complex 39A in Florida, sending the Koreasat-5A telecommunications satellite into space. (SpaceX Photo) SpaceX executed its 16th Falcon 9 rocket launch of the year today, sending the Koreasat-5A telecommunications satellite into orbit and then having the first-stage booster fly itself back to an oceangoing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[291,4434,5314,316],"class_list":["post-18754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-commercial-space","tag-falcon-launch","tag-korea","tag-spacex"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18754"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18754\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}