Dramatic SpaceX video shows what happens when a rocket's nose cone pops off

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Dramatic SpaceX video shows what happens when a rocket's nose cone pops off

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A camera on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fairing shows the moment of separation in this video still from the launch of 60 Starlink satellites (visible in a stack at center) from Cape

 

Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida on June 3, 2020. (Image credit: SpaceX)

 

SpaceX's Falcon 9 payload fairings are 43 feet (13 meters) tall and just over 17 feet (5 m) wide. When assembled, they form a shell around satellite payloads to protect them during the

 

first few minutes of a launch. The fairing halves separate about 3 minutes after liftoff. (SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft, which carry cargo and crew to space, aren't covered by a fairing.)

 

SpaceX has added steering thrusters and parachutes to some fairing halves in order to reuse the fairings on multiple flights. To catch them in the ocean, SpaceX has added giant nets

 

to two retrieval ships, called Ms. Tree and Ms. Chief, to recover the fairings at sea.

 

According to SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk, Falcon 9 rocket fairings alone cost $6 million, so reusing them on multiple flights can help lower launch costs. The company has

 

reflown three fairing halves to date.

 

The next SpaceX launch will lift off Saturday (June 13) and will carry another 60 Starlink satellites into orbit. SpaceX has launched 482 Starlink satellites over eight missions as the

 

company works to build a 12,000-satellite megaconstellation to provide high-speed internet service around the world.