Tech Desk
Sep 01, 2024
After the launch of Starlink Satellites in space, the SpaceX Falcon 9 booster experienced a collapse which resulted in failure to land back on Earth on Tuesday (August 27).
Now, the SpaceX Falcon 9 aircraft is expected to resume the flight operations, with persistence in the overall investigation of peculiarity that occurred on the recent Starlink mission, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of USA.
SpaceX returned back to the flight request on Thursday (August 29) for the workhorse aircraft followed by FAA’s approval. According to the agency, flights are likely to resume "provided all other licence requirements are met."
Read more: SpaceX Falcon 9 booster crashes into ocean during landing attempt
SpaceX's Falcon 9 victoriously tried to launch a batch of Starlink internet satellites in Orbits from Florida on Wednesday (August 28). The rocket's reusable first stage booster successfully landed back to Earth, and later on endeavoured to land on a sea-faring barge, however; it overturned into the ocean after experiencing an intense return.
Falcon 9 grounding plans
Falcon 9 has plans to launch two astronauts of NASA, Wilmore and Williams home who are already stuck in the space by the end of September over a Crew Dragon spacecraft that would take these two astronauts back on Earth in 2025.
Moreover, after the first launch of rocket in 2010, SpaceX has developed an armada of reusable Falcon boosters.
Another Starlink Satellite mission was due to launch in the near future after the flight of August 28, from the different launch site of SpaceX situated in Southern California, which was dropped after the anomaly occurred, resulting in a landing failure.
