Spaceport America

Spaceport America in New Mexico is for testing the recovered F9 Booster stages

Spaceport America 2015

The original Grasshopper and F9R Dev1 vehicles that paved the way for the propulsive landing attempts at SpaceX’s McGregor test site in Texas, but they were restricted by an altitude ceiling, resulting in the decision to conduct tests at Spaceport America, at much greater altitudes.

These tests were used to find hardware limits, such as how many cycles can be put on a stage.

F9 Booster stages successfully recovered will provide the role of qualification testing ready for the first launch of a reused booster.