SpaceX: Road to Reusability - Grasshopper 325m Hop | Single Camera (Hexacopter). Test #6
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On June 14, 2013 SpaceX's Grasshopper flew 325 m.
The first vertical takeoff, vertical landing (VTVL) flight test vehicle—Grasshopper, built on a Falcon 9 v1.0 first-stage tank—made a total of eight test flights between September 2012 and October 2013.
All eight flights were from the McGregor, Texas test facility.
New navigation sensor suite tested; needed on the F9-R for precision landing.
Grasshopper flight tests #6
Duration: 68 seconds
Highest altitude: 325 m
Date (year-month-day): 2013-06-14
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