SpaceX lands another rocket!

[Legend]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Falcon 9 first stage has landed on the droneship

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) May 6, 2016

Basically the previous landing was the best case scenario with tons of fuel to spare, while this was an extreme case pushing the theoretical limits.

[Legend]

Woohoo!! https://t.co/0P8n8VmFbr

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 6, 2016

Landing confirmed. Second stage continuing to carry JCSAT-14 to a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit. pic.twitter.com/HfHI5cwoYX

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) May 6, 2016

[DD_Bwest]

almost a bullseye to,  soon theyll have more cores then they know what to do with, they can start lobbing things at mars lol

[Legend]

almost a bullseye to,  soon theyll have more cores then they know what to do with, they can start lobbing things at mars lol

3 returned cores in just 5 months!

One is going on display, but the other 2 might land again!

[Legend]

almost a bullseye to,  soon theyll have more cores then they know what to do with, they can start lobbing things at mars lol

May need to increase size of rocket storage hangar

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 6, 2016

Elon agrees.

[DD_Bwest]

3 returned cores in just 5 months!

One is going on display, but the other 2 might land again!

any word on if the last one has been relit yet?

[Legend]

any word on if the last one has been relit yet?

Nope not relit.

Probably didn't want to have it get in the way of this launch. Might have to ship it back to Texas since apparently the range is closing down for a few weeks.

[DD_Bwest]

Nope not relit.

Probably didn't want to have it get in the way of this launch. Might have to ship it back to Texas since apparently the range is closing down for a few weeks.

closing??!?  dont they have a busy schedule?

on that note, whats next? eutelsat or thaicom

[Legend]

closing??!?  dont they have a busy schedule?

on that note, whats next? eutelsat or thaicom

Yeah I don't know, it's just a KSC thing.

Thiacom is next.

[Xevross]

dang, looks like they're getting really good at this now!!

[Legend]

almost a bullseye to,  soon theyll have more cores then they know what to do with, they can start lobbing things at mars lol

dang, looks like they're getting really good at this now!!

Yup the rocket was upgraded to 1.2 back in December.

Its first, third, and now forth landings have been successful. Pretty dang good!

[DD_Bwest]

Yeah I don't know, it's just a KSC thing.

Thiacom is next.

sweet, isnt that an even lighter payload?

[Legend]

sweet, isnt that an even lighter payload?

3,100 kg while this one was 4,682 kg. Should be easy!

[DD_Bwest]

3,100 kg while this one was 4,682 kg. Should be easy!

thought so,  3 in a row would be awesome!!  

time to frankenstein some heavy's!

[Legend]

thought so,  3 in a row would be awesome!!  

time to frankenstein some heavy's!

Yup duct tape them together, should be good to go.

I mean heck they could combine 5 together even.