SpaceX revolutionized the spaceflight industry by making affordable spacelight a reality. SpaceX advertises Falcon 9 rocket launches on its website, costing 62 million dollars; other providers cost upwards of 165 million dollars each. These cost savings are made possible primarily because the first stage of Falcon 9 can be reused. Therefore if we can determine if the first stage will land, we can determine the cost of a launch. This information is valuable if a competing company wants to bid against SpaceX for a rocket launch. This capstone aims to analyze past SpaceX launches that utilized Falcon 9 rocket to derive a better understanding of the different attributes of the launches and their relationship with the success of Falcon 9’s first stage to land through exploratory data analysis (EDA) and predictive analysis to determine the outcome of the landing.
- How the interaction between the different features of the launch would impact the success rate of a landing.
- What are the best-operating conditions that SpaceX has to achieve to ensure a successful landing?