As part of the Transporter 9 mission, a Falcon 9 rocket containing dozens of mini-satellites was launched into low Earth orbit.
This was reported by the SpaceX company. social networks HAccording to Ukrinform.
The Transporter 9 mission is the ninth private flight into orbit by a SpaceX rocket carrying dozens of micro- and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers. This flight will carry 90 payloads, including cubesats, microsatellites, and orbiters carrying spacecraft to be deployed later.
As noted, Falcon 9 was launched from Vandenberg Space Force base in California. After that the first multiple stage of the launch vehicle carried out Vertical descent to Landing Zone 4.
Transporter 9 will be SpaceX’s 82nd orbital mission in 2023. Most of this year’s missions were devoted to the creation of Starlink, SpaceX’s internet megaconstellation of more than 5,000 satellites.
As reported, the previous Transporter 8 mission was launched in June. Later, 72 mini satellites were placed into orbit.