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That was the third launch and third landing for that Block-5 booster.
CRS-16 launch TOMORROW (Tuesday) at 1:38 PM EST from the Cape. Since it is a mission for NASA, it should also be shown on NASA TV, with other camera views (often quite great camera views of the booster coming back for landing). This should be an RTLS Landing.
"SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, December 4 for the launch of its sixteenth Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-16) to the International Space Station. Liftoff is targeted for 1:38 p.m. EST, or 18:38 UTC, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. A backup launch opportunity is available on Wednesday, December 5 at 1:16 p.m. EST, or 18:16 UTC.
Dragon will be filled with more than 5,600 pounds of supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support more than 250 science and research investigations that will occur onboard the orbiting laboratory. The Dragon spacecraft that will support the CRS-16 mission previously supported the CRS-10 mission in February 2017. Following stage separation, SpaceX will attempt to recover Falcon 9’s first stage on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
You can watch the live launch webcast below and find out more about the mission in our press kit.
https://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/crs16_press_kit_12_3.pdf"
CRS-16 launch TOMORROW (Tuesday) at 1:38 PM EST from the Cape. Since it is a mission for NASA, it should also be shown on NASA TV, with other camera views (often quite great camera views of the booster coming back for landing). This should be an RTLS Landing.
"SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, December 4 for the launch of its sixteenth Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-16) to the International Space Station. Liftoff is targeted for 1:38 p.m. EST, or 18:38 UTC, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. A backup launch opportunity is available on Wednesday, December 5 at 1:16 p.m. EST, or 18:16 UTC.
Dragon will be filled with more than 5,600 pounds of supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support more than 250 science and research investigations that will occur onboard the orbiting laboratory. The Dragon spacecraft that will support the CRS-16 mission previously supported the CRS-10 mission in February 2017. Following stage separation, SpaceX will attempt to recover Falcon 9’s first stage on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
You can watch the live launch webcast below and find out more about the mission in our press kit.
https://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/crs16_press_kit_12_3.pdf"
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