Channel: SciNews
Category: Science & Technology
Tags: b1061falcon 9 launchspacexfalcon 9transporter-4falcon 9 landing
Description: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Transporter-4, SpaceX’s fourth dedicated SmallSat Rideshare Program mission with 40 small spacecraft, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on 1 April 2022, at 16:24 UTC (12:24 EDT). Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1061) previously supported six missions: Crew-1, Crew-2, SXM-8, CRS-23, IXPE and one Starlink mission. Credit: SpaceX