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SpaceX Falcon 9 missed its landing last month because of a hole in a boot – CNET
The booster appeared to miss the landing pad of the company’s droneship in the Atlantic on Feb. 15.
A Falcon 9 loaded with Starlink satellites prepares for launch.
SpaceX
After successfully sending another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites into orbit Feb. 15 from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, SpaceX missed the landing of its Falcon 9 first-stage booster for the first time in a year.
SpaceX’s Benji Reed said Monday in a NASA press conference that a hole in an engine boot directed hot gas “where it wasn’t supposed to be,” triggering an automatic shutdown and leaving the…
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