On Friday, December 8, the American company SpaceX launched 22 more Starlink internet satellites into orbit.
This was reported by Space.com, as reported by Ukrinform.
The Falcon 9 launch vehicle, containing 22 Starlink satellites, took off from the spaceport in California at 10.03 Kiev time.
It was stated that the first stage of the rocket returned to Earth for vertical landing approximately 8.5 minutes after launch. He landed on the unmanned ship “Of Course I Still Love You” (Of Course I Still Love You) in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California.
A group of 22 Starlink satellites was placed into low Earth orbit approximately 62.5 minutes after launch.
The launch, which took place Friday morning, was SpaceX’s 91st orbital mission of 2023. The previous record (61 launches) was set in 2022.
As Ukrinform reported, on December 7, the American company SpaceX launched 23 more Starlink internet satellites into orbit.
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