SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 NASA/NOAA JASON Jan. 17, 2016
First launch of NASA and NOAA joint science mission under the NLS II launch contract and last launch of the Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle. The Jason-3 satellite was successfully deployed to target orbit.[109] SpaceX attempted for the first time to recover the first-stage booster on its new Pacific autonomous drone ship, but after a soft landing on the ship, the lockout on one of the landing legs failed to latch and the booster fell over and exploded
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