CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX's newest rocket launched Friday afternoon from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying the Bangabandhu Satellite-1.
The Block 5 rocket later successfully landed on the drone ship, rather than on one of the landing pads at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
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SpaceX's new-generation Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket carried a geostationary communication satellite for the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission. It will be the first communications satellite launched for Bangladesh.
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