SpaceX's Elon Musk Says Falcon 9 Launch Still Experimental; Find Out What's Next For Falcon 9!

The American aerospace and transport services company, SpaceX, successfully launched its fourth Falcon 9 rocket on Friday. The booster launch completed its first stage and successfully deployed the Thai communications satellite in the orbit. But, according to the reports, SpaceX's CEO Elon Musk, said that the recent launch can just be considered as another successful experiment, even after four successful booster launch and landings till date.

"Rocket landing speed was close to design max & used up contingency crush core, hence back & forth motion," wrote Elon on Twitter, as reported by The Verge. "Probe ok, but some risk of tipping." There are reports that even if SpaceX's aim is to eventually cut launch costs by reusing rockets, the four successful rocket launches till date have suffered more damage than expected and in turn, cannot be reused to launch again.

Space reported that the SpaceX rocket launch feat is actually a difficult task to carry out. It is reported that the space agency had to launch the communications satellites more than 22,000 miles above the equator line, thus, requiring more speed. The reports suggest that the successful landing of the boosters on the drone ship is quite a difficult task to pull out, after hitting the atmosphere at about 4,000 mph.

With all the information about the SpaceX launch, CBS News reported that the Falcon 9 rocket's first stage booster landed successfully at top speed on a floating ship more than 400 miles offshore in the Atlantic Ocean. It is now reported that the SpaceX launch team members are planning to board the drone-ship and carry back the booster back to the launch station within a few days' time.

The SpaceX launched the Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 5:39 p.m. EST along with the Thaicom 8 Wochit.

So, what's next for SpaceX? The reports suggest that the company will launch another communication satellite mission to re-fill the next batch of ISS supplies, reported Tech Crunch. The next launch mission is most probably scheduled for July 16, 2016. It is also reported that SpaceX is also planning to re-launch a Flacon 9 rocket later this year, using the stage booster landed in April. It would be the first time that the company would try to perform the feat after some maintenance activities and design improvements.