The Falcon 9 with upgraded upper stage was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral
Moscow. May 11. INTERFAX.RU — FROM the spaceport at Cape Canaveral launched rocket-the Falcon 9 Block 5 with an upgraded upper stage, which can be used at least 100 times, according to Space X.
Liftoff! https://t.co/gtC39uTdw9 pic.twitter.com/aYHHm24Hca
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) may 11, 2018
The rocket should put into orbit the Bangladesh telecommunications satellite Bangabandhu-1.
Eight minutes after liftoff, the upper stage landed on a floating platform Of course I still love you in the Atlantic ocean.
Block 5 Falcon 9 first stage has landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship. pic.twitter.com/YHqdxIrc8b
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) may 11, 2018
Block 5 — a fundamentally new development Space X. it is Assumed that the stage can be used at least 100 times, with repairs it will require no more than after every tenth flight. This should significantly reduce the cost of launch.