I just watched the live launch of SpaceX’s second Falcon Heavy mission, this time with an actual commercial payload, Arabsat 6A. And WOW! Both side boosters came down and landed almost simultaneously at Cape Canaveral, and just a few minutes later the center booster managed to successfully land on the unmanned landing platform, “Of Course I Still Love You”! Very nearly dead center, too!

I love to watch these things, and it is especially juicy that this successful hi-tech work is being done by a commercial company, and not by some tax-consuming government agency. I suspect that SpaceX may not be profitable yet, but if they keep this up they ought to become so.

The next SpaceX Falcon Heavy flight is scheduled for June 2019, and the boosters are expected to be the one’s from this flight. Great to get re-use of these expensive items!

Here’s a photo of the first Falcon Heavy rocket sitting on the launch pad: