What is Meco SpaceX?

MECO! Main engine cutoff. The nine Merlin engines powering the Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage shut down as expected, followed by separation of the first stage from the second stage.

How many stages is SpaceX?

2
Falcon 9 is a partially reusable two-stage-to-orbit medium-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured by SpaceX in the United States….

What happens second stage dragon?

The engine located in the second stage helps to ignite a few seconds after the stage separation has been initiated. It will achieve its orbit and will be left there until its orbit decays. This can also be restarted multiple times that can help the makers to add a number of other payloads into different orbits.

How much does a SpaceX first stage cost?

In 2013, at the All Things Digital conference in California, Musk claimed that the first-stage booster makes up 75 percent of the overall price tag, reported at the time to be around $60 million, SpaceNews reports. SpaceX’s website lists the standard payment plan for a Falcon 9 launch at $62 million.

What is Meco and Seco?

MECO is an abbreviation of Main Engine Cut Off. This is when the first stage rocket motors shut down and the second stage takes over. When the rocket motor on the second stage shuts down, this is called Second(ary?) Engine Cut Off, or SECO, which is a point in time also mentioned on the SpaceX launch live stream.

What does Meco stand for?

MECO