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> This had not been done in decades if I remember correctly. Not in decades at the Cape, perhaps. I can't recall exactly who (maybe India/ISRO?) Do it frequen
by tehbeard 6y ago
> This had not been done in decades if I remember correctly.
Not in decades at the Cape, perhaps.
I can't recall exactly who (maybe India/ISRO?) Do it frequently due to dropping first stages on neighbours being a faux Pas.
- m4rtink 6y agoBack in ~1969 they did drop stages on Cuba IIRC. Other than that no one really drops stages on neighbors - China drops them on their own (evacuated) villages on land and other rockets are often designed the way they are due to the need of not dropping stages on people - Shavit launching westwards or PSLV/GSLV staging in a specific way to avoid dropping stages on some inhabitted islands.