On August 6th, SpaceX, a private space company, launched a Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in Florida, USA. The mission was to launch AMOS-17, an artificial satellite intended to provide satellite communications services to Africa.
Rocket fairing falling from space (higher res) pic.twitter.com/sa1j10qAWi
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 7, 2019
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SpaceX started launching at 19:23 (local time) and separated the satellites 31 minutes later. Afterwards, he descended on the sea using a parachute and descended to the Ms Tree.
Landing on Ms. Tree pic.twitter.com/4lhPWRpaS9
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 4, 2019
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As SpaceX is a private company, it is concerned about distributing costs and risks, and is trying to reuse boosters. A nitrogen gas rocket and a control parachute were installed to recover it, but this time it was recovered safely. Related information can be found here .