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article A Brief Recap of Reusable Rockets
art SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster Landing on OCISLY
My rendition of a Falcon 9 booster landing on Of Course I Still Love You, SpaceX’s East coast droneship. This is a triple-engine landing burn; while SpaceX hasn’t performed a triple-engine landing burn since JCSAT-16, very heavy GTO payloads at the edge of Falcon 9’s capability may require triple-engine landing burns in the future.
Read more (1 min)art SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster Glide
My rendition of a Falcon 9 booster returning to Earth after a launch. The four grid fins are guiding it towards its landing pad as it hurtles downwards at supersonic velocities.
In this image, the Falcon 9 is at about 40km in altitude (with entry burn shutdown having occured seconds earlier) and is less than thirty seconds from the start of the landing burn.
Read more (1 min)infographic SpaceX Falcon 9 Hawthorne to Launch Direct link
This infographic outlines the manufacturing and testing procedures for the SpaceX Falcon 9.
infographic SpaceX Falcon 9 Downrange Propulsive Landing (No Boostback) Direct link
This is the approximate trajectory of the SpaceX Falcon 9 booster during a downrange propulsive landing (i.e. ocean landing) on the ASDS.
Note that this is the trajectory of a booster during a high-performance mission, and does not include a boostback burn. The approximate trajectory of a Falcon 9 landing with a boostback burn can be seen here.
Read more (2 min)infographic SpaceX Falcon 9 Transport Direct link
The SpaceX Falcon 9 is designed to fit on public roads in the US. Here’s how SpaceX transports the different components.
Read more (1 min)infographic SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster Hoverslam Direct link
This is a high-level, overly simplified explanation of the “hoverslam” maneuver the SpaceX Falcon 9 performs during landing.
infographic SpaceX Falcon 9 Components Direct link
This is a brief overview of the components of the SpaceX Falcon 9 in its fairing configuration (as opposed to the Dragon 1 or Dragon 2 configurations.)
infographic SpaceX Falcon 9 Return to Launch Site Direct link
This is the approximate trajectory of the SpaceX Falcon 9 booster during a “return to launch site” landing (i.e. landing on land).
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