SpaceX return LC-40 to operations with CRS-13 static fire test

SpaceX returned their Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) Launch Complex 40 (LC-40) to operation today following a successful static fire test of the booster designated to take CRS-13 to the International Space Station next week.

The pad which was damaged during the AMOS 6 accident in September 2016 has been repaired and a new Transport Erector has been created to allow launches to return to the pad that first launched the Falcon 9.

While the accident caused a four-month delay in launches for SpaceX the loss of LC-40 wasn’t a damaging for the company as it could have been because they have a second launch pad in Florida thanks to the 20 year lease of Kennedy Space Center’s (KSC) Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) which they had been modifying for Falcon 9 crewed launches and Falcon Heavy.

SpaceX is currently targetting to launch the CRS-13 mission from LC-40 on 12th December.


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