1st Quadruply Launched/Landed SpaceX 1st Stage Booster Sails into Port Canaveral: Photos

Flock of birds greet arrival of fourth time launched Falcon 9 1^st stage booster landed atop “Of Course I Still Love You” (OCISLY) droneship into Port Canaveral at sunrise Nov 15, 2019 – 4 days after SpaceX Starlink launch Veteran’s Day Nov. 11. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com

15 November 2019

For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM 

PORT CANAVERAL, FL –  The first ever quadruply launched & landed Falcon 9 first stage booster sailed safely and proudly into Port Canaveral Friday, Nov. 15 at sunrise despite gloomy skies and rough seas that scrubbed the simultaneous attempt by SpaceX duo of special fairing catching ships to recover the first ever re-flown payload fairings encapsulating the next generation payload stack recycled to the second batch of 60 SpaceX Starlink broadband satellites – four days after blast off on a beautiful Veterans Day Monday morning, Nov. 11. 

The booster arrival continues a string of multiple truly historic milestones in spaceflight soaring aloft from the Florida Space Coast.

Standing fully upright and firmly grasped by the arms of the specially designed Octagrabber restraining device atop the “Of Course I Still Love You” (OCISLY) droneship upon which it accomplished a precision guided, rocket assisted smooth touchdown the recovered 156 foot tall spent booster with four fully deployed landing legs sailed into the mouth of Port Canaveral at Jetty Park Pier around 7:30 a.m. EST Nov. 15.

A crowd of onlookers and space media friends eagerly awaited the rockets triumphant arrival as the SpaceX naval fleet led by tug Hawk towed the recycled Falcon 9 first stage erect on OCISLY past the port channels entryway at Jetty Park Pier.

Arrival of fourth time launched Falcon 9 1^st stage booster landed atop “Of Course I Still Love You” (OCISLY) droneship is towed by tug Hawk and SpaceX fleet into Port Canaveral at sunrise Nov 15, 2019 at Jetty Park Pier – 4 days after SpaceX Starlink launch Veteran’s Day Nov. 11. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com

Enjoy our Space UpClose photo gallery of the arrival and docking of Falcon 9 booster 1048.4 at the droneships normal northside berthing port.

Check back as our gallery grows.

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