Side by side comparison of the CRS8 Falcon9 first stage (left) and the JCSAT14 Falcon9 first stage. Asked for by Reddit user /u/jbrian24
The first stage of the JCSAT-14 Falcon9 rocket launched and then landed by SpaceX returned to Port Canaveral atop the drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You" at approximately 10:45pm (ET) on May 9, 2016. (Photo credit: Michael Seeley / We Report Space)
The first stage of the JCSAT-14 Falcon9 rocket launched and then landed by SpaceX returned to Port Canaveral atop the drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You" at approximately 10:45pm (ET) on May 9, 2016. (Photo credit: Michael Seeley / We Report Space)
The first stage of the JCSAT-14 Falcon9 rocket launched and then landed by SpaceX returned to Port Canaveral atop the drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You" at approximately 10:45pm (ET) on May 9, 2016. (Photo credit: Michael Seeley / We Report Space)
The first stage of the JCSAT-14 Falcon9 rocket launched and then landed by SpaceX returned to Port Canaveral atop the drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You" at approximately 10:45pm (ET) on May 9, 2016. (Photo credit: Michael Seeley / We Report Space)
The first stage of the JCSAT-14 Falcon9 rocket launched and then landed by SpaceX returned to Port Canaveral atop the drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You" at approximately 10:45pm (ET) on May 9, 2016. (Photo credit: Michael Seeley / We Report Space)
The first stage of the JCSAT-14 Falcon9 rocket launched and then landed by SpaceX returned to Port Canaveral atop the drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You" at approximately 10:45pm (ET) on May 9, 2016. (Photo credit: Michael Seeley / We Report Space)
Ignition of the Falcon9 rocket with the JCSAT-14 satellite on top as seen from the pad.
Liftoff of the Falcon9 rocket launched by SpaceX carrying the JCSAT-14 satellite.
Liftoff of the Falcon9 rocket launched by SpaceX carrying the JCSAT-14 satellite.
This image is a composite of 81 images shot in a series starting when the media was escorted to the ITL Causeway, just after 12:30am on Friday, May 6, 2016. The skies were very clear, and the stars (as you can see) were very visible. Each of the images was a 30 second exposure and they run right up to just before the launch by SpaceX of their Falcon9 rocket carrying the JCSAT-14 communications satellite at just after 1:20am. The launch itself is captured by a 166 second exposure that is (obviously) the streak. The streak is overexposed, but you can still see in the stack the outline of the rocket on the pad, along with one of the clouds from the surprisingly loud off-gassing that happened a few times before the launch. I’m always interested in seeing what the other photographers got for shots and for this launch, Ben Cooper has a similar image, but only similar in concept: his is perfectly exposed and is (as always) a really lovely image. SpaceX would later report that they had successfully landed the first stage on the drone ship positioned downrange in the Atlantic Ocean.
Launched in the early morning hours of Friday May 6, 2016 by SpaceX from Launch Complex 40, the JSAT14 satellite sits atop a Falcon9 rocket, seen here on Thursday, May 5. The mission was a success: the satellite was delivered and the first stage of the Falcon9 was recovered, landing safely on the SpaceX drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You", positioned downrange.
Scheduled to be launched in the early monrning hours of Friday May 6, 2016 by SpaceX from Launch Complex 40, the JSAT14 satellite sits atop a Falcon9 rocket, seen here on Thursday, May 5.
Scheduled to be launched in the early monrning hours of Friday May 6, 2016 by SpaceX from Launch Complex 40, the JSAT14 satellite sits atop a Falcon9 rocket, seen here on Thursday, May 5.