SpaceX made rocket history, launching and landing the company’s first recycled rocket.
This Falcon 9 rockets has now launched two things into space: supplies to the International Space Station and now a commercial communication’s satellite into orbit.
This was the first time SpaceX has launch a recycled rocket.
It’s a part of SpaceX’s commitment to rocket reusability, eventually lowering the cost of access to space.
This mission ended with the first stage of the rocket landing on a barge at sea. The company isn’t saying yet whether this rocket will have a third go.
The satellite will provided broadcast coverage to Latin America.
The Flacon 9 launched from Kennedy Space Center’s launch complex 39A, the site of historic launches like Apollo 11.
