Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "An autonomous spaceport drone ship (ASDS), is a ship type: an ocean-going, barge-derived, floating landing platform that aerospace company SpaceX began using in early 2015 to conduct a flight test program to receive returning first stages after the boosters had lofted spacecraft onto an orbital trajectory.By January 2016, a total of three ASDSs have been refitted.The first ASDS, named Just Read the Instructions (JRtI), was converted from a barge in late 2014 and was deployed in January 2015 during the CRS-5 cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station in order to provide a landing platform for a test flight of the returning booster stage. It was used for two landing tests through April 2015, and by June 2015, was retired as an ASDS.The second ASDS, named Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY), was converted from a much-newer deck barge and became operational in June 2015 to support a landing test on the CRS-7 mission. Both were operational on the east coast of the United States and based at Jacksonville, Florida.The third ASDS, also named (in January 2016) Just Read the Instructions, was partially refitted at a Louisiana shipyard in early 2015 and then transited to the Pacific Ocean via the Panama Canal to the Port of Los Angeles, where it completed refit to become operational on the west coast of the United States in 2016.SpaceX ASDS ships form an important element of the SpaceX reusable launch system development program which aims to significantly lower the price of space launch services through \"full and rapid reusability.\" According to Elon Musk, ship landings are necessary in the case of high velocity missions.SpaceX indicated in November 2014 that they plan to eventually use ASDS as a floating launch platform, refueling a landed first stage with sufficient propellant to enable it to fly back to its launch site. No date has been provided for when this conceptual capability might be developed, tested, or made operational, or if it is still being actively developed."@en }
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- Autonomous_spaceport_drone_ship abstract "An autonomous spaceport drone ship (ASDS), is a ship type: an ocean-going, barge-derived, floating landing platform that aerospace company SpaceX began using in early 2015 to conduct a flight test program to receive returning first stages after the boosters had lofted spacecraft onto an orbital trajectory.By January 2016, a total of three ASDSs have been refitted.The first ASDS, named Just Read the Instructions (JRtI), was converted from a barge in late 2014 and was deployed in January 2015 during the CRS-5 cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station in order to provide a landing platform for a test flight of the returning booster stage. It was used for two landing tests through April 2015, and by June 2015, was retired as an ASDS.The second ASDS, named Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY), was converted from a much-newer deck barge and became operational in June 2015 to support a landing test on the CRS-7 mission. Both were operational on the east coast of the United States and based at Jacksonville, Florida.The third ASDS, also named (in January 2016) Just Read the Instructions, was partially refitted at a Louisiana shipyard in early 2015 and then transited to the Pacific Ocean via the Panama Canal to the Port of Los Angeles, where it completed refit to become operational on the west coast of the United States in 2016.SpaceX ASDS ships form an important element of the SpaceX reusable launch system development program which aims to significantly lower the price of space launch services through \"full and rapid reusability.\" According to Elon Musk, ship landings are necessary in the case of high velocity missions.SpaceX indicated in November 2014 that they plan to eventually use ASDS as a floating launch platform, refueling a landed first stage with sufficient propellant to enable it to fly back to its launch site. No date has been provided for when this conceptual capability might be developed, tested, or made operational, or if it is still being actively developed.".