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Telstar 19 VANTAGE (Falcon 9) 25 July 2018 |
Return of first stage to Port Canaveral |
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| The SpaceX Falcon 9 Block V Telstar 19 first stage returned to Port Canaveral aboard the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship just after sunrise on 25 July 2018. | |
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The pilot boat headed out in the darkness before dawn to meet the returning SpaceX fleet with its precious cargo. |
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Two of three tugs waiting in the Port Canaveral channel to assist in the return of the droneship. |
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| The Go Quest was the first to arrive with its rear deck covered with tracking and communication gear to assist and monitor the booster's droneship landing. | |
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Detail of some of the gear on Go Quest's deck. |
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The tugboat "Hawk" pulling into the channel with the Falcon 9 Block 5 booster on the droneship where it landed. |
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The Hawk assisted by the Florida work their way slowly down the channel into Port. |
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The bottom of the rocket with its nine Merlin engines and landing legs deployed. Note the men standing at left giving a sense of scale to the large booster. |
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Soot covers the booster from its wild flight to the edge of space and back. |
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The tugs shepherd the droneship and booster into Port Canaveral. |
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