SpaceX has flown its last Block 4 version of the Falcon 9 rocket [Updated]

Friday morning update: On Friday morning the Falcon 9 rocket took off from Florida and made that dragon spacecraft run smoothly. After this initial mission the second phase of the Falcon 9 rocket has received an extended 4 truck mission before returning to Earth. This experimental flight should help to prove that your boss can insert directly into a geostationary orbit.

Original article: When SpaceX runs the 15th Supply mission on the International Space Station it may be as early as 5:42 on Friday morning (09:42 GMT), the company said its fourth edition Plan to release the previous Falcon 9 rocket

The company knows the latest and possible final revised version of Falcon 9 Rocket - Block 5 already in the next two launch in July. But at a press conference Thursday, the company's Dragon spacecraft project manager Jessica Jensen confirmed that future space stations no longer have flight 4.

The Block 5 version of Rocket has been optimized for reusability and flew once during a successful flight in May. Since that time, SpaceX has investigated the inventory of previously flying rockets. The booster scheduled to fly on Friday was first launched more than two months ago on April 18 and sent NASA 's planet hunting TESS spacecraft to the resonance orbit of the moon. In the case of Block 4 Booster, this 10 - week turnaround is very fast, but SpaceX says that Block 5 should be able to fly faster.

In fact, SpaceX intends to fly at least 10 times in the first phase of each block 5. This is very important as SpaceX has used only the Falcon 9 rocket so far. In addition, the company hopes to shorten the turnaround time to the release of the Falcon 9 booster (currently several months) to several weeks or less.

SpaceX has no plans to fly the Friday booster again, so it will be used in the sea. However, after four revolutions around the earth, the second phase of the rocket forms a longer "coast" in outer space. This may be another test of the ability of the second stage engine to fire after a long period of dormancy in the universe.

At a press conference Thursday, Jensen said that SpaceX is still using the dragon's probe hot panel problem. This may delay release, but she said that employees are still continuing as if released on Friday morning.

When it was first released in 2010, Falcon 9 was another disposable rocket like the popular Atlas V. But SpaceX designed Falcon 9 as a scalable launch platform. Over the years, the "block" upgrade made Falcon 9 even more powerful, and the rocket's advanced avionics eventually led to a promotional landing which has gained popularity over the past few years. Out of 49 launches completed, 47 was classified as successful. In June 2015, CRS - 7 (International Space Station Supply Mission) ruptured while rising, the only failure occurred in June 2015. The reason is that we can go back to the defective pillar where the helium tank ruptured. The CRS-1 mission was a partial failure as one of the rocket engines lost power and prevented the auxiliary satellite payload from reaching orbit. Although it is not a failure, there is also an explosion of the launch paddle in 2016.

SpaceX and other Falcon 9 will be released tomorrow This has some special features, but it is not a payload. When the rocket is launched it will be the 50th launch of Falcon 9 since the first launch of SpaceX in 2010. This basically does not include the recent flight test of Falcon Heavy which is the three Falcon 9 rockets. Falcon 9 has grown rapidly since the first test flight and is the only fully reusable launch platform in the world. However, there are several bumps on the road.

SpaceX announced plans for large Falcon heavy (formerly known as Falcon 9 Heavy) in 2011 after several successful Falcon launches. Since then the rocket is nearing completion, SpaceX succeeded in testing the Falcon heavy core rocket module with the so-called static fire test. The test last week was held at the rocket development facility in McGregor, Texas. Falcon Heavy basically put together three Falcon 9 rockets. The core rocket is where most of the changes were implemented, and this is just the test. Additional structural support and internal optimization are required to support the quality of the two additional superchargers associated with the side. However, it is almost the same as the F9 booster currently using the same engine and fuel tank.