SpaceX has launched more than 50 Starlink satellites into space
- July 16, 2023
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a new batch of Starlink satellites into orbit Sunday before landing on a platform in the Atlantic Ocean. As reported by Ukrinform,
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a new batch of Starlink satellites into orbit Sunday before landing on a platform in the Atlantic Ocean.
As reported by Ukrinform, this was reported by Space.com.
Falcon 9, along with 54 SpaceX internet satellites, was launched from the space force station at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on July 16 at 06:50 Kiev time.
Sunday’s launch was the 16th flight of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle.
Company engineer Zachary Luppen said SpaceX attempted to launch the Starlink satellites on Friday, July 14, but the launch had to be canceled at the last minute due to high liquid oxygen levels in one of the rocket’s nine first-stage engines.
Watch Falcon 9 launch 54 @starlink satellites into orbit → https://t.co/bJFjLCiTbK https://t.co/aIpmEMZpxf
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) 16 July 2023
The first stage of Falcon 9 returned to Earth 8.5 minutes after conventional launch and landed on the unmanned spacecraft “A Shortfall of Gravitas” in the Atlantic Ocean.
Luppen said Sunday’s Falcon 9 landing was the 207th landing of a SpaceX rocket into orbit and the company’s 247th mission overall.
As Ukrinform reports, SpaceX launched the Euclidean probe to study dark matter in the universe.
Source: Ukrinform
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