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SpaceX has the first grid fin for the next generation Super Heavy booster. The redesigned grid fins are 50% larger and higher strength, moving from four fins ...

SpaceX's redesigned grid fins are 50% larger with three instead of four fins, improving Super Heavy booster landing precision ...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has redesigned some parts of its colossal Mars-bound Starship to improve its stability and control.

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This grid fin flew on the Falcon 9 that launched South Korean communications satellite Koreasat-5A on October 30, 2017. After launch, the first stage landed on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

SpaceX Grid Fin (flown):Moveable grid fins, like this one from a SpaceX Falcon 9, help control a rocket’s upright return on a landing pad, which prevents damage.

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And so the grid fin off of the Falcon boosters are what guide it down to safe pinpoint landing, like right here, even, I mean not in some far off field, but it is done with incredible precision ...

The first stage booster also features four landing legs and four grid fins for recovery. The Falcon 9 second stage features a single, vacuum-optimized Merlin engine that produces 934 kN of thrust.