{"id":19370,"date":"2016-05-27T22:19:19","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T14:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/spacex-falcon-9-booster-leans-in-for-a-landing-at-sea-after-launching-satellite\/"},"modified":"2016-05-27T22:19:19","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T14:19:19","slug":"spacex-falcon-9-booster-leans-in-for-a-landing-at-sea-after-launching-satellite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/spacex-falcon-9-booster-leans-in-for-a-landing-at-sea-after-launching-satellite\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX Falcon 9 booster leans in for a landing at sea after launching satellite"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 booster stands on a drone ship after landing. (Credit: SpaceX)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For the third time in a row, a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster sent a payload into space and then came back for a landing on an oceangoing platform. But this time, the booster was a little shaken up.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida put the Thaicom 8 telecommunications satellite into geostationary transfer orbit.<\/p>\n

Minutes after liftoff at 5:40 p.m. ET (2:40 p.m. PT), the Falcon\u2019s first stage fell away from the second stage. While the second stage continued into orbit with the satellite, the first stage went through a series of maneuvers aimed at braking its supersonic descent and putting itself down on an autonomous drone ship hundreds of miles out in the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n