Falcon 9 rocket aces return flight after a recent failure [Watch]

On July 27, 2024, SpaceX launched a new Falcon 9 rocket into orbit and successfully completed its return flight after the July 11th second-stage anomaly.

This vehicle lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Prior to fuel load, the company confirmed more than 85 percent favorable weather at midnight.

The first stage kicked off its engines and lifted the 23 Starlink satellite payload into the air. After Max Q, the mission control called stage separation with 2nd stage starting its engines.

Meanwhile, the booster made its way back to Earth and landed on a droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean following a landing burn.

In the last mission, SpaceX completed these milestones but the real problem occurred in the second stage. A liquid oxygen leak developed in the insulation around the upper developed during the first burn.

This malfunction led to a hardware failure during the second burn and failed to achieve optimum height in the orbit. As a result, the company had to deploy all satellites in a lower orbit. Eventually, all of them were lost in Earth’s atmosphere.

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket lifting off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Photo on July 27, 2024 (Source – SpaceX)

Afterward, the company conducted an investigation alongside the FAA and found these faults in the past flight. Those lacks have been removed from the latest mission, which led to success.

With deployment confirmation, SpaceX marked the return of Falcon 9 rocket into action and it’s ready to launch upcoming flights in the next week.