Falcon 9
Success
Dec 21, 2015ORBCOMM-2 — First Booster Landing
Falcon 9 delivered 11 satellites and then landed its first stage back at Cape Canaveral — the first vertical landing of an orbital-class booster.
Mission facts
| Date | Dec 21, 2015 |
| Vehicle | Falcon 9 |
| Payload | 11 Orbcomm OG2 satellites |
| Destination | Low Earth orbit |
| Customer | Orbcomm |
| Booster | B1019 (new) |
| Recovery | RTLS |
| Crewed | No |
| Outcome | Success |
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