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SpaceX lands the first Falcon 9 rocket of 2021 like it’s nothing – CNET
Elon Musk’s company had its busiest year ever in 2020 and is gearing up for even more launches in 2021.
SpaceX, Elon Musk’s rocket company, started the New Year off by sending a new communications satellite to space for the nation of Turkey on Thursday.
Turksat 5A is the first of a pair of next-generation broadcasting birds that SpaceX will boost to orbit. The Falcon 9 elevating it to orbit lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 6:15 p.m. PT (9:15 p.m. ET).
Turksat says the new satellite will be able to provide expanded communications capabilities to Turkey, as well as…
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