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SpaceX Straddles Fine Line With One-Second Launch Window In CRS-9 Mission

Pat Host

Monday, July 18th, 2016

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SpaceX Straddles Fine Line With One-Second Launch Window In CRS-9 Mission

The Falcon 9 first stage lands after SpaceX's CRS-9 launch toward ISS. Photo: SpaceX.

A one-second launch window for early Monday's mission to the International Space Station (ISS) forced Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) to straddle a fine line if it wanted to both get the mission off on time and recover its Falcon 9 first stage.Commercial space advocate and industry consultant Rand Simberg said Monday launch windows for ISS missions are already tight because the launches must be precisely timed to reach the station. But he said the company’s desire to return the…

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