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Looks like no word yet on fairing recovery— according to the reddit thread, there were ships assigned to that duty, but it wasn't mentioned in the webcast and t
by mikepurvis 8y ago
Looks like no word yet on fairing recovery— according to the reddit thread, there were ships assigned to that duty, but it wasn't mentioned in the webcast and there's no updates I can see on it.
- teabee89 8y agoElon just said, they recovered the fairings from the water undamaged and they are intending to reuse them for Starlink later this year. Source: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1116514068393680896 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1116514068393680896 and https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1116514534557016064 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1116514534557016064
- DennisP 8y agoJeez I had no idea the fairings had their own thrusters, steerable parachutes, and avionics.