This article is about the Florida landing zones. For LZ-4, the California landing zone, see SpaceX Landing Zone 4.
Landing Zone 1 and Landing Zone 2, also known as LZ-1 and LZ-2 respectively, are landing facilities on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for recovering components of SpaceX's VTVLreusable launch vehicles. LZ-1 and LZ-2 were built on land leased in February 2015, on the site of the former Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 13.[2][3] SpaceX built Landing Zone 2 at the facility to have a second landing pad, allowing two Falcon Heavy boosters to land simultaneously.
Landing Zones 1 and 2 are located at the former location of Launch Complex 13, which has been demolished and replaced by two circular landing pads 282 feet (86 m) in diameter and marked with a stylized X from the SpaceX company logo.[1][4] Four more 150 feet (46 m) diameter pads were initially planned to be built to support the simultaneous recovery of additional boosters used by the Falcon Heavy, although only one extra pad has been built. Planned infrastructure additions to support operations includes improved roadways for crane movement, a rocket pedestal area, remote-controlled fire suppression systems in case of a landing failure, and a large concrete foundation, away from the future three landing pads, for attaching the booster stage when taking the rocket from vertical to horizontal orientation.[4]
Operations at the facility began after seven earlier landing tests by SpaceX, five of which involved intentional descents into the open ocean, followed by two failed landing tests on an ocean-going platform.[5][6] As of March 2, 2015, the Air Force's sign for LC-13 was briefly replaced with a sign identifying it as Landing Complex.[7] The site was renamed Landing Zone prior to its first use as a landing site.[8][9]Elon Musk indicated in January 2016 that he thought the likelihood of successful landings for all of the attempted landings in 2016 would be approximately 70 percent, hopefully rising to 90 percent in 2017, and cautioned that the company expects a few more failures.[10]
In July 2016, SpaceX applied for permission to build two additional landing pads at Landing Zone 1 for landing the boosters from Falcon Heavy flights.[11]
In May 2017, construction on a second, smaller pad began, called Landing Zone 2. This pad is located about 1,017 feet (310 m) to the northwest of the first pad and is used for landing Falcon Heavy side boosters.[12] By June 2017, the landing pad was modified with a radar reflective paint, to aid with landing precision.[13]
Falcon 9 boosters mostly lands on LZ-1 pad and rarely lands on LZ-2, except in cases when a Cape Canaveral launched booster cannot land on LZ-1, as a previous booster is still sitting on that pad, as in case of Hakuto-R Mission 1's booster B1073.5 on 11 December 2022. The LZ-1 was already occupied by Oneweb Flight#15's booster B1069.4 launched on 8 December 2022, so LZ-2 was used by a Falcon 9 for the first time.
After approval from the FAA, SpaceX accomplished its first successful landing at the complex with Falcon 9 flight 20 on December 22, 2015 UTC;[14] this was the 8th controlled-descent test of a Falcon 9 first stage.[9][15] A second successful landing at LZ-1 took place shortly after midnight, local time (EDT) on July 18, 2016, as part of the CRS-9 mission, which was the Falcon 9's 27th flight.[16] The third successful landing was by the CRS-10 mission's first stage on February 19, 2017, which was the Falcon 9's 30th flight.[17] Landing Zone 2 was first used by the maiden launch of Falcon Heavy on February 6, 2018, when the rocket's two side boosters touched down on LZ-1 and LZ-2.[18]
A person standing in the middle of the main landing pad demonstrates its size
Sign at entrance to Landing Zone 1 site
Launch and landing traces of Falcon 9 Flight 20, from launch pad SLC-40 to landing pad LZ-1
First stage of Falcon 9 Flight 20 on the pad shortly after landing
Recovery operations after Falcon 9 Flight 20 landing
Double return of Falcon Heavy test flight boosters
^ abDavenport, Christian (21 December 2015). "Elon Musk's SpaceX returns to flight and pulls off dramatic, historic landing". The Washington Post.
^"45th Space Wing, SpaceX sign first-ever landing pad agreement at the Cape" (Press release). 45th Space Wing Public Affairs. 10 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
^Gruss, Mike (10 February 2015). "SpaceX Leases Florida Launch Pad for Rocket Landings". Space.com. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
^ ab(PDF). USAF. October 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-01-08. Retrieved 2015-12-23.
^James Dean (6 January 2015). "SpaceX to try landing booster on a sea platform". Florida Today. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
^ Graham, William (8 February 2015). "SpaceX Falcon 9 ready for DSCOVR mission". NASASpaceFlight.com. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
^ Bergin, Chris (2015-12-18). "SpaceX Falcon 9 Static Fires ahead of OG2 RTF mission". NASASpaceFlight.com. Retrieved 2015-12-19. All that is currently known for this mission is SpaceX’s ambition to conduct a historic landing on its new Cape Canaveral landing pad, officially known as LZ-1 (Landing Zone -1), but also tagged “X.
^ ab "Rocket landing at Cape Canaveral planned after SpaceX launch". SpaceflightNow. 2015-12-19. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
^Elon Musk [@elonmusk] (19 January 2016). "My best guess for 2016: ~70% landing success rate (so still a few more RUDs to go), then hopefully improving to ~90% in 2017" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^Santana, Marco (18 July 2016). "SpaceX seeks approval for two additional landing pads on Space Coast". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
^"LZ-1 to LZ-2 distance estimate". imgur. JerWah. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
^Elon Musk [@elonmusk] (4 June 2017). "@Pandora659 Yeah, pretty much dead center. We painted the target area with radio reflective paint, which helps the radar be more precise" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ Graham, William (2015-12-21). "SpaceX returns to flight with OG2, nails historic core return". NASASpaceFlight.com. Retrieved 2015-12-21. During Monday’s launch, the first stage made its historic return to LZ-1 and successfully landed in a milestone event for SpaceX.
^Dean, James (2015-12-01). "SpaceX wants to land next booster at Cape Canaveral". Florida Today. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
^SpaceX launches space station docking port for NASA, The Associated Press, July 18, 2016
^Clark, Stephen (19 February 2017). "Historic launch pad back in service with thundering blastoff by SpaceX". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
^Gebhardt, Chris (6 February 2018). "SpaceX successfully debuts Falcon Heavy in demonstration launch from KSC – NASASpaceFlight.com". NASASpaceFlight.com. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
^Elizabeth Howell (2021-05-27). "Japan will send a transforming robot ball to the moon to test lunar rover tech". Space.com. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
^"Data Acquisition on the Lunar Surface with a Transformable Lunar Robot, Assisting Development of the Crewed Pressurized Rover". JAXA (Press release). 27 May 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
^"Rocket Launch Viewing Guide For Cape Canaveral". www.launchphotography.com. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
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This article is about the Florida landing zones For LZ 4 the California landing zone see SpaceX Landing Zone 4 Landing Zone 1 and Landing Zone 2 also known as LZ 1 and LZ 2 respectively are landing facilities on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for recovering components of SpaceX s VTVL reusable launch vehicles LZ 1 and LZ 2 were built on land leased in February 2015 on the site of the former Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 13 2 3 SpaceX built Landing Zone 2 at the facility to have a second landing pad allowing two Falcon Heavy boosters to land simultaneously Landing Zone 1 and 2The first stage booster core B1019 of Falcon 9 flight 20 approaching Landing Zone 1 in December 2015Launch siteCape Canaveral Space Force StationCoordinates28 29 09 N 80 32 40 W 28 48583 N 80 54444 W 28 48583 80 54444 Coordinates 28 29 09 N 80 32 40 W 28 48583 N 80 54444 W 28 48583 80 54444Short nameLZ 1 LZ 2OperatorSpaceXLaunch pad s 2 landing pads 1 LZ 1 landing historyStatusActiveLandings23 22 successful 1 failure First landing21 December 2015 Falcon 9 flight 20Last landing8 December 2022 OneWeb 15AssociatedrocketsFalcon 9 Full Thrust Falcon Heavy Falcon 9 Block 5 LZ 2 landing historyStatusActiveLandings5 5 successful 0 failure First landing6 February 2018 Falcon Heavy test flightLast landing11 December 2022 Hakuto R Mission 1AssociatedrocketsFalcon Heavy Falcon 9 Block 5 Contents 1 Site 2 Landing history 2 1 LZ 1 2 2 LZ 2 2 3 Booster landings 2 4 Detailed history 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksSite EditLanding Zones 1 and 2 are located at the former location of Launch Complex 13 which has been demolished and replaced by two circular landing pads 282 feet 86 m in diameter and marked with a stylized X from the SpaceX company logo 1 4 Four more 150 feet 46 m diameter pads were initially planned to be built to support the simultaneous recovery of additional boosters used by the Falcon Heavy although only one extra pad has been built Planned infrastructure additions to support operations includes improved roadways for crane movement a rocket pedestal area remote controlled fire suppression systems in case of a landing failure and a large concrete foundation away from the future three landing pads for attaching the booster stage when taking the rocket from vertical to horizontal orientation 4 Operations at the facility began after seven earlier landing tests by SpaceX five of which involved intentional descents into the open ocean followed by two failed landing tests on an ocean going platform 5 6 As of March 2 2015 the Air Force s sign for LC 13 was briefly replaced with a sign identifying it as Landing Complex 7 The site was renamed Landing Zone prior to its first use as a landing site 8 9 Elon Musk indicated in January 2016 that he thought the likelihood of successful landings for all of the attempted landings in 2016 would be approximately 70 percent hopefully rising to 90 percent in 2017 and cautioned that the company expects a few more failures 10 In July 2016 SpaceX applied for permission to build two additional landing pads at Landing Zone 1 for landing the boosters from Falcon Heavy flights 11 In May 2017 construction on a second smaller pad began called Landing Zone 2 This pad is located about 1 017 feet 310 m to the northwest of the first pad and is used for landing Falcon Heavy side boosters 12 By June 2017 the landing pad was modified with a radar reflective paint to aid with landing precision 13 Falcon 9 boosters mostly lands on LZ 1 pad and rarely lands on LZ 2 except in cases when a Cape Canaveral launched booster cannot land on LZ 1 as a previous booster is still sitting on that pad as in case of Hakuto R Mission 1 s booster B1073 5 on 11 December 2022 The LZ 1 was already occupied by Oneweb Flight 15 s booster B1069 4 launched on 8 December 2022 so LZ 2 was used by a Falcon 9 for the first time Landing history EditLZ 1 Edit 1 2 3 4 5 6 2015 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Falcon 9 Success Falcon Heavy Success Falcon 9 Failure Falcon Heavy FailureLZ 2 Edit 0 5 1 1 5 2 2015 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Falcon 9 Success Falcon Heavy Success Falcon 9 Failure Falcon Heavy Failure Booster landings Edit 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Ground pad failure Drone ship failure Ocean test failure i Parachute test failure ii Ground pad success Drone ship success Ocean test success iii No attempt Controlled descent ocean touchdown control failed no recovery Passive reentry failed before parachute deployment Controlled descent soft vertical ocean touchdown no recovery Detailed history Edit For landings at sea see Autonomous spaceport drone shipAfter approval from the FAA SpaceX accomplished its first successful landing at the complex with Falcon 9 flight 20 on December 22 2015 UTC 14 this was the 8th controlled descent test of a Falcon 9 first stage 9 15 A second successful landing at LZ 1 took place shortly after midnight local time EDT on July 18 2016 as part of the CRS 9 mission which was the Falcon 9 s 27th flight 16 The third successful landing was by the CRS 10 mission s first stage on February 19 2017 which was the Falcon 9 s 30th flight 17 Landing Zone 2 was first used by the maiden launch of Falcon Heavy on February 6 2018 when the rocket s two side boosters touched down on LZ 1 and LZ 2 18 A person standing in the middle of the main landing pad demonstrates its size Sign at entrance to Landing Zone 1 site Launch and landing traces of Falcon 9 Flight 20 from launch pad SLC 40 to landing pad LZ 1 First stage of Falcon 9 Flight 20 on the pad shortly after landing Recovery operations after Falcon 9 Flight 20 landing Double return of Falcon Heavy test flight boostersDate UTC Mission Launch vehicle Booster ID Flight Landing Zone Landing ResultDecember 22 2015 01 39 OG2 F2 Falcon 9 Full Thrust B1019 1 20 LZ 1 SuccessJuly 18 2016 04 53 SpaceX CRS 9 Falcon 9 Full Thrust B1025 1 27 LZ 1 SuccessFebruary 19 2017 14 47 SpaceX CRS 10 Falcon 9 Full Thrust B1031 1 30 LZ 1 SuccessMay 1 2017 11 24 NROL 76 Falcon 9 Full Thrust B1032 1 33 LZ 1 SuccessJune 3 2017 21 15 SpaceX CRS 11 Falcon 9 Full Thrust B1035 1 35 LZ 1 SuccessAugust 14 2017 16 39 SpaceX CRS 12 Falcon 9 Full Thrust B1039 1 Block 4 39 LZ 1 SuccessSeptember 7 2017 OTV 5 X 37B Falcon 9 Full Thrust B1040 1 Block 4 41 LZ 1 SuccessDecember 15 2017 SpaceX CRS 13 Falcon 9 Full Thrust B1035 2 45 LZ 1 SuccessJanuary 8 2018 Zuma Falcon 9 Full Thrust B1043 1 Block 4 47 LZ 1 SuccessFebruary 6 2018 Elon Musk s Tesla Roadster Falcon Heavy B1023 2 B1025 2 FH 1 LZ 1 B1023 2 LZ 2 B1025 2 Success B1023 2 Success B1025 2December 5 2018 SpaceX CRS 16 Falcon 9 Block 5 B1050 1 65 LZ 1 Failure Landed in ocean April 11 2019 Arabsat 6A Falcon Heavy B1052 1 B1053 1 FH 2 LZ 1 B1052 1 LZ 2 B1053 1 Success B1052 1 Success B1053 1June 25 2019 STP 2 Falcon Heavy B1052 2 B1053 2 FH 3 LZ 1 B1052 2 LZ 2 B1053 2 Success B1052 2 Success B1053 2July 25 2019 SpaceX CRS 18 Falcon 9 Block 5 B1056 2 73 LZ 1 SuccessMarch 7 2020 SpaceX CRS 20 Falcon 9 Block 5 B1059 2 82 LZ 1 SuccessAugust 30 2020 SAOCOM 1B Falcon 9 Block 5 B1059 4 92 LZ 1 SuccessDecember 19 2020 NROL 108 Falcon 9 Block 5 B1059 5 103 LZ 1 SuccessJune 25 2021 Transporter 2 Falcon 9 Block 5 B1060 8 123 LZ 1 SuccessJanuary 13 2022 Transporter 3 Falcon 9 Block 5 B1058 10 136 LZ 1 SuccessJanuary 31 2022 CSG 2 Falcon 9 Block 5 B1052 3 138 LZ 1 SuccessMay 25 2022 Transporter 5 Falcon 9 Block 5 B1061 8 156 LZ 1 SuccessNovember 1 2022 USSF 44 Falcon Heavy B1064 1 B1065 1 FH 4 LZ 1 B1064 1 LZ 2 B1065 1 Success B1064 1 Success B1065 1December 8 2022 OneWeb 15 Falcon 9 Block 5 B1069 4 188 LZ 1 SuccessDecember 11 2022 Hakuto R Mission 1 19 including Transformable Lunar Robot and Emirates Lunar Mission 20 21 Lunar Flashlight 22 Falcon 9 Block 5 B1073 5 189 LZ 2 SuccessJanuary 2 2023 Transporter 6 Falcon 9 Block 5 B10 LZ 1 PlannedJanuary 8 2023 OneWeb 16 Falcon 9 Block 5 B10 LZ 1 PlannedJanuary 10 2023 USSF 67 Falcon Heavy B1064 2 B1065 2 LZ 1 B1064 2 LZ 2 B1065 2 Planned B1064 2 Planned B1065 2See also Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Landing Zone 1 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Landing Zone 2 SpaceX reusable launch system development program Autonomous spaceport drone ship used to recover first stage boosters at seaReferences Edit a b Davenport Christian 21 December 2015 Elon Musk s SpaceX returns to flight and pulls off dramatic historic landing The Washington Post 45th Space Wing SpaceX sign first ever landing pad agreement at the Cape Press release 45th Space Wing Public Affairs 10 February 2015 Retrieved 10 February 2015 Gruss Mike 10 February 2015 SpaceX Leases Florida Launch Pad for Rocket Landings Space com Retrieved 12 February 2015 a b Draft Environmental Assessment for the Space Exploration Technologies Vertical Landing of the Falcon Vehicle and Construction at Launch Complex 13 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Florida PDF USAF October 2014 Archived from the original PDF on 2015 01 08 Retrieved 2015 12 23 James Dean 6 January 2015 SpaceX to try landing booster on a sea platform Florida Today Retrieved 8 February 2015 Graham William 8 February 2015 SpaceX Falcon 9 ready for DSCOVR mission NASASpaceFlight com Retrieved 8 February 2015 SpaceX SpaceX s Photos Facebook facebook com Bergin Chris 2015 12 18 SpaceX Falcon 9 Static Fires ahead of OG2 RTF mission NASASpaceFlight com Retrieved 2015 12 19 All that is currently known for this mission is SpaceX s ambition to conduct a historic landing on its new Cape Canaveral landing pad officially known as LZ 1 Landing Zone 1 but also tagged X a b Rocket landing at Cape Canaveral planned after SpaceX launch SpaceflightNow 2015 12 19 Retrieved 2015 12 21 Elon Musk elonmusk 19 January 2016 My best guess for 2016 70 landing success rate so still a few more RUDs to go then hopefully improving to 90 in 2017 Tweet via Twitter Santana Marco 18 July 2016 SpaceX seeks approval for two additional landing pads on Space Coast Orlando Sentinel Retrieved 20 July 2016 LZ 1 to LZ 2 distance estimate imgur JerWah Retrieved 12 September 2018 Elon Musk elonmusk 4 June 2017 Pandora659 Yeah pretty much dead center We painted the target area with radio reflective paint which helps the radar be more precise Tweet via Twitter Graham William 2015 12 21 SpaceX returns to flight with OG2 nails historic core return NASASpaceFlight com Retrieved 2015 12 21 During Monday s launch the first stage made its historic return to LZ 1 and successfully landed in a milestone event for SpaceX Dean James 2015 12 01 SpaceX wants to land next booster at Cape Canaveral Florida Today Retrieved 2 December 2015 SpaceX launches space station docking port for NASA The Associated Press July 18 2016 Clark Stephen 19 February 2017 Historic launch pad back in service with thundering blastoff by SpaceX Spaceflight Now Retrieved 5 March 2017 Gebhardt Chris 6 February 2018 SpaceX successfully debuts Falcon Heavy in demonstration launch from KSC NASASpaceFlight com NASASpaceFlight com Retrieved 7 February 2018 Ispace Elizabeth Howell 2021 05 27 Japan will send a transforming robot ball to the moon to test lunar rover tech Space com Retrieved 2022 10 17 Data Acquisition on the Lunar Surface with a Transformable Lunar Robot Assisting Development of the Crewed Pressurized Rover JAXA Press release 27 May 2021 Retrieved 14 October 2022 Rocket Launch Viewing Guide For Cape Canaveral www launchphotography com Retrieved 2022 10 17 External links EditComputer animation of planned launch and landing of Falcon Heavy boosters SpaceX Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Landing Zones 1 and 2 amp oldid 1130242473, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
