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| SpaceX launches Bulgarian satellite on recycled rocket (VIDEO) | SpaceX launches Bulgarian satellite on recycled rocket (VIDEO) |
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| SpaceX has launched a Bulgarian satellite into orbit onboard its only second-ever recycled delivery rocket. | SpaceX has launched a Bulgarian satellite into orbit onboard its only second-ever recycled delivery rocket. |
| The US firm owned by Elon Musk is on a quest to revolutionize space travel and in March successfully completed a mission re-using a Falcon 9 rocket. | The US firm owned by Elon Musk is on a quest to revolutionize space travel and in March successfully completed a mission re-using a Falcon 9 rocket. |
| READ MORE: ‘World’s first recycled flight’: SpaceX release ‘lost’ footage of Falcon 9 landing (VIDEO) | READ MORE: ‘World’s first recycled flight’: SpaceX release ‘lost’ footage of Falcon 9 landing (VIDEO) |
| The reusable nature of SpaceX's delivery rockets is a concerted effort to drive down costs associated with space travel and transport. | The reusable nature of SpaceX's delivery rockets is a concerted effort to drive down costs associated with space travel and transport. |
| The mission to send BulgariaSat-1 – a Bulgarian commercial satellite – into space lifted off from Nasa’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday. | |
| Following the separation of the satellite from the Falcon 9 rocket, the recycled craft landed safely back down on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. | |
| In its short history, SpaceX has gone through some teething problems, with a number of rockets exploding mid-take off or failing to stick the landing. However, recent missions have largely gone off without a hitch, but for a few weather disruptions. | In its short history, SpaceX has gone through some teething problems, with a number of rockets exploding mid-take off or failing to stick the landing. However, recent missions have largely gone off without a hitch, but for a few weather disruptions. |
| READ MORE: 5 spectacular SpaceX rocket fails, from launches to landings (VIDEO) | READ MORE: 5 spectacular SpaceX rocket fails, from launches to landings (VIDEO) |
| Musk has compared the future of spacefaring to that of air travel. | Musk has compared the future of spacefaring to that of air travel. |
| “If one can figure out how to effectively reuse rockets just like airplanes, the cost of access to space will be reduced by as much as a factor of a hundred,” Musk said. | “If one can figure out how to effectively reuse rockets just like airplanes, the cost of access to space will be reduced by as much as a factor of a hundred,” Musk said. |
| “That really is the fundamental breakthrough needed to revolutionize access to space.” | “That really is the fundamental breakthrough needed to revolutionize access to space.” |