SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched BulgariaSat1, a commercial communications satellite, from Launch Complex 39A (LC39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on 23 June 2017, at 19:10 UTC (15:10 EDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage for this mission previously supported the Iridium1 mission in January 2017. BulgariaSat1 is the first geostationary communications satellite in Bulgaria’s history.
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SpaceX BulgariaSat1 Mission
Falcon 9 launches BulgariaSat1 satellite & Falcon 9 first stage landing
23 June 2017