SpaceX Launches, Recovers Three-Core Falcon Heavy

Credit: Carleton Bailie
CAPE CANAVERAL—A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on April 11 for its first operational mission, delivering the Arabsat-6A communications satellite into orbit and returning all three first-stage cores to landing pads for refurbishment and reflight. After delaying...

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