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teabee89 on April 12, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Arabsat-6A mission [video]

Elon 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 and https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1116514534557016064

DennisP on April 12, 2019 [–]

Jeez I had no idea the fairings had their own thrusters, steerable parachutes, and avionics.

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