On Wednesday (March 9) SpaceX successfully launched a new batch of Starlink satellites online, the company’s tenth launch in less than a week.
Two steps All 9 48 rocket launch Star link Satellites orbit at 8:45 EDT (1545 GMT) from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The first stage of the rocket then returned to the ground and landed smoothly in the sea SpaceX Lack of unmanned ship Gravitas.
“It’s time to dump her and move on.” The call was a clear response to Dmitry Rogos, head of Russia’s space agency, who said last week: “Let them fly with something else, broom.” Russia suspends sale of rocket engines When the country was subjected to economic sanctions, the U.S. Occupation of Ukraine On February 24th.
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CEO of SpaceX Elonas Muscas He bowed to Rogos’ comments, describing the SpaceX X’s giant Falcon 9 as a reliable “American broom” for reusable vehicles. In a Twitter post last week. There is also SpaceX Starlink stations brought to Ukraine Assist in restoring connections and Internet services across the country, available Focuses on cyber security To avoid getting stuck in these stations.
“Another 48 Starlinks in orbit,” Musk tweeted on social networking site Twitter. Wednesday after a successful start.
Starlink is a large group of broadband satellites collected by SpaceX in low Earth orbit. The company has already launched more than 2,000 Starlink aircraft since 2019, and will increase further in the relatively near future.
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SpaceX has permission to launch 12,000 Starlink satellites, and has requested permission for an additional 30,000 satellites. Wednesday’s Starlink mission, Starlink 4-10, was the 41st flight of a large planet.
Last month, SpaceX Almost the entire Starlink satellite set was lost A solar storm knocks down dozens of Starlinks from space and burns them. Earth’s atmosphere Days after launch. Since then, SpaceX has increased its initial availability to prevent a recurrence of similar events.
Wednesday’s launch marks Falcon 9’s fourth flight and landing, SpaceX said. And unlock the amplifier ArabSat-6A Mission 2019 April 2019 US Army Space Test Program-2 (STP-2) Flight June 2019 and the Italian Earth observation satellite COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 in January.
The first two missions on this list – ArabSat 6A and STP-2 – flew a large SpaceX. Falcon Heavy The rocket consists of three Falcon 9 cores, with a second stage at the top connected by straps. Falcon 9 acquires second generation COSMO-SkyMed FM2
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