SpaceX launched the first previously-flown "block 5" version of its Falcon 9 rocket early Tuesday, sending an Indonesian communications satellite into space and successfully recovering the first stage booster with a perfect landing on an offshore drone ship in the Atlantic. It was the fourth flight of an upgraded block 5 boosters since the rocket was unveiled in the month of May and the first launch and recovery of a previously launched block five the same stage that helped launch a Bangladeshi satellite during its first flight three months before. The current Indonesian satellite that has been sent is 12,800 pounds and is sent to provide mobile services across Indonesia and Southeast Asia. Next up for SpaceX is a launch of Telesat's Telstar 18 VANTAGE communications station from Cape Canaveral around August 17th, followed by a launch of an Earth-observation satellite for Argentina.
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