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Falcon 9 Jason 3

First launch of NASA and NOAA joint science mission under the NLS II launch contract (not related to NASA CRS or USAF OSP3 contracts). Last launch of the original Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle. The Jason-3 satellite was successfully deployed to target orbit. SpaceX again attempted a recovery of the first stage booster by landing on an autonomous drone ship; this time located in the Pacific Ocean. The first stage did achieve a soft-landing on the ship, but a lockout on one of the landing legs failed to latch, so that the booster fell over and exploded.

Launch Information

Launch Date

Sunday 17th January 2016 at 15:42 UTC

Launch Pad

VAFB SLC 4E

Rocket

Falcon 9

Booster

B1017.1

Launch Success

Yes

Landing Attempt

Yes

Landing Success

No

Landing Site

Just Read The Instructions

Payloads

Payload
Customer
Manufacturer
Mass (kg)
Mass (lbs)
Orbit
Jason-3

NASA

NOAA

Thales Alenia Space

553
1219
PO

Launch Photos

All of these images are from the SpaceX Flickr page and all of them belong to SpaceX

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