{"id":9914,"date":"2025-02-17T19:46:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T11:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/spacex-sticks-first-falcon-9-booster-landing-in-the-bahamas\/"},"modified":"2025-02-17T19:46:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T11:46:19","slug":"spacex-sticks-first-falcon-9-booster-landing-in-the-bahamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/spacex-sticks-first-falcon-9-booster-landing-in-the-bahamas\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX sticks first Falcon 9 booster landing in The Bahamas"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_68763\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68763\" style=\"width: 876px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-68763\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250218_Starlink_10-12_liftoff_MC-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"876\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250218_Starlink_10-12_liftoff_MC-1.jpeg 876w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250218_Starlink_10-12_liftoff_MC-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250218_Starlink_10-12_liftoff_MC-1-678x452.jpeg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250218_Starlink_10-12_liftoff_MC-1-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68763\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket takes off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin the Starlink 10-12 mission on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster, B1080, performed the first booster landing in The Bahamas. Image: Michael Cain\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>Update Feb. 18, 6:52 p.m. EST (2352 UTC): SpaceX landed its booster in The Bahamas for the first time.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>SpaceX notched another spaceflight record as it completed the first orbital flight that featured a liftoff in one country and one in another. A little more than eight minutes after lifting off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, the Falcon 9 rocket booster landed on the droneship, \u2018Just Read the Instructions\u2019 (JRTI) positioned off the coast of the island named Exuma in The Bahamas.<\/p>\n<p>Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket on the Starlink 10-12 mission happened at 6:21 p.m. EST (2321 UTC) on Tuesday, Feb. 18. This was SpaceX\u2019s 21st orbital launch attempt of the year.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0FLOFY0Wjis?si=GsJ-_D8u_3sGUCPT\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Coming into the launch opportunity, the 45th Weather Squadron, based at Patrick Space Force Base, forecast ideal conditions at liftoff for the primary window with a<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>95 percent chance for favorable weather. If SpaceX needs to push to its backup window on Wednesday though, conditions deteriorate to a 50 percent chance for good conditions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCool and dry conditions have overspread most of Florida today in the wake of yesterday\u2019s cold front, which is currently sliding into far South Florida. Similar weather will continue into the first part of Tuesday, with winds veering out of the east-northeast,\u201d launch weather officers wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe deeper moisture associated with this front will work its way back to the north late in the day as the old front starts to creep northwards. This doesn\u2019t look to occur quickly enough to bring a significant threat for Atlantic showers on Tuesday evening for the primary launch window.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_68764\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68764\" style=\"width: 583px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-68764\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250218_Starlink_10-12_liftoff_JP-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"583\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250218_Starlink_10-12_liftoff_JP-1.jpeg 583w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250218_Starlink_10-12_liftoff_JP-1-200x300.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68764\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A streak shot of SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket as it ascends from Florida\u2019s Space Coast to begin the Starlink 10-12 mission on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. Image: John Pisani<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SpaceX used the Falcon 9 first stage booster, tail number B1080, to launch the Starlink 10-12 mission on its 16th flight. It previously launched four Dragon flights to the International Space Station, the European Space Agency\u2019s Euclid observatory, Astra 1P and nine Starlink missions.<\/p>\n<p>The booster touchdown on JRTI marked the 110th landing on that droneship and the 410th booster landing to date.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1891993870428406058&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceflightnow.com%2F2025%2F02%2F17%2Flive-coverage-spacex-to-launch-23-starlink-satellites-on-falcon-9-rocket-from-cape-canaveral-7%2F&amp;sessionId=c71056391819d5c7d9072b453f3eb2ebede3d350&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782462356940403717=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Falcon 9 lands off the coast of The Bahamas for the first time! Welcome to space @VisitTheBahamas! pic.twitter.com\/eidTYL5PYv<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 18, 2025<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket takes off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin the Starlink 10-12 mission on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster, B1080, performed the first booster landing in The Bahamas. 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