Spots SpaceX booster at sea because of the waves

PORT CANAVERAL – SpaceX says that the central core booster rocket that landed on a drone off the Space Coast has rocked into the sea and is no longer intact.

The latter, along with two others, launched a satellite in orbit last week from the Kennedy Space Center, as part of the second mission of the Falcon Heavy.

Both boosters landed 8 minutes after launch in landing zones 1 and 2 at Cape Canaveral Air Base.

The reminder of the central core landed on the drone, hundreds of kilometers from the coast in the Atlantic Ocean.

However, the conditions deteriorated and with waves of 8 to 10 feet, the booster started to change and "could not stand".

The crew with the reminder is ok.

"Over the weekend, because of the rough seas, SpaceX's recovery team has not been able to secure the center's reminder for its return trip to Port Canaveral. While we hope to bring the recall back intact, the safety of our team is always a priority, and we do not expect future missions to be affected, "said SpaceX spokesman James Gleeson.

The founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk, tweeted Tuesday: "The engines seem okay, waiting for inspection."

He also stated that the main thruster had different fixations of the standard Falcon 9 rockets and that they were not ready in time for this recovery attempt.

SpaceX recovers its boosters in order to reuse them to reduce the cost of launches.

These two boosters that landed will be used for the next launch of Falcon Heavy.

The United States Air Force Space Systems and Missile Systems Center has tweeted that its launch of Falcon Heavy, named STP-2, could take place by June.