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Merah Putih (Falcon 9) 9 August 2018 |
Return of first stage to Port Canaveral |
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| The SpaceX Falcon 9 Block V Merah Putih first stage returned to Port Canaveral aboard the “Of Course I Still Love You” (OCISLY) droneship just after 5:00 p.m. on 9 August 2018. | |
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The pilot boat heads out to meet the returning OCISLY and its tugboat to guide them back into Port Canaveral. |
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The passengers aboard a departing cruise ship get a good look at the returning booster. |
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The Go Quest booster landing support ship. |
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Reporters and SpaceX fans gather to watch the return to Port Canaveral. |
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A Little Blue Heron gets in the act. |
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The pilot boat pulls alongside to transfer the pilot aboard the tugboat. |
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More tugboats from the Port arrive to assist. |
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| The booster displays quite a covering of soot from its two flights to the edge of space; first to launch Bangabandhu Satellite-1 and then, secondly, this flight to launch the Merah Putih Telkom-4 satellite. | |
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| Two men give a sense of scale to the base of the rocket with its clustered Merlin engines and landing legs deployed. | |
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The rocket heads into Port Canaveral against the glare of the late afternoon Sun. |
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