SpaceX ship headed 1000 kilometers out to sea for expendable Falcon 9 launch
Teslarati
NOVEMBER 20, 2022
Despite the booster’s disposal and record-smashing speed at main engine cut-off (MECO; 4 km/s or 8900 mph), SpaceX still managed to recover both of Falcon Heavy’s hypersonic fairing halves after they reentered Earth’s atmosphere and splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean almost 1500 kilometers (~930 mi) downrange.
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