Falcon 9 was developed Elon Musk’s SpaceX company to become first orbital-class rocket capable of of running multiple missions way to drive down costs and SpaceX made history in 2017 by launching the same rocket for a second time.
Rocket used in Sunday launch of US National Reconnaissance Office security payload was the same one which launched the NRO payload in February, according to office.
SpaceX re-launches boosters and dozens of spacecraft of times on launches of satellites and cargoes, but last year he used reusable equipment for a mission including astronauts, noting first time the company did it on with crew mission.
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