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SpaceX Aces First-Ever Rocket Landing in California After Spectacular Satellite Launch

  • by Brittany Mendoza
  • in Research
  • — Oct 8, 2018
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried an Argentinian Earth-observation satellite into space Sunday and for the first time landed a first-stage booster back at its California launch site.

A Falcon 9 rocket with a pre-flown first stage launched from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base tonight (Oct. 7) at 10:21 p.m. EDT (7:21 p.m. local time; 0221 GMT on October 8), successfully delivering Argentina's SAOCOM-1A Earth-observation satellite to orbit.

The 30th Space Wing said in a news release Tuesday that Central Coast residents may see the first stage of the Falcon 9 returning to Vandenberg.

"During the landing attempt, residents from Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties may hear one or more sonic booms", according to the advisory. A sonic boom sounds like an explosion or thunder and is the result of shock waves from a vehicle traveling faster than sound.

The satellite will be operated by Argentina's space agency, known as the National Commission on Space Activites or by its Spanish-language acronym, CONAE.

SpaceX inaugurated its West Coast rocket-landing pad in style.

Elon Musk put it a little more bluntly: "This won't be subtle", he wrote on Twitter. The sound of the boom will depend on weather conditions and other factors.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti tweeted out this picture of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket's contrail, glowing in Southern California's skies after sunset.

Later, SpaceX reported that the SAOCOM 1A radar satellite was placed in its proper pole-to-pole orbit.

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