After a successful flight, the Falcon 9 rocket, which landed safely on Earth, broke a record. SpaceX has set a new standard for rocket usability.
SpaceX’s two-stage Falcon 9 rocket took off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Saturday, March 19, and carried 53 internet satellites of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite into low Earth orbit.
SpaceX has so far 2,033 still working 2,282 Starlink satellites The launch of Falcon 9 may not sound like a very new and interesting event when we think that it has sent it; but actually this launch quite special There is a situation that makes
SpaceX sets a new record for rocket availability
With this flight, for the first time in its history, a Falcon 9 was launched 12 times and successfully returned to Earth. The company has previously been unparalleled in the ‘reuse of rockets’, where it is already a pioneer. unseen Thanks to this event, he broke another record. This flight, which is the 12th launch of Falcon 9’s first stage, is the reason why SpaceX can use rockets again. a new ‘standard’ means determined.
Falcon 9 made its 12th landing in the first place, and approximately after the takeoff of the ‘Just Read The Instructions’ drone deployed in the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast. nine minutes then it went down for a sure landing. In the second stage, the rocket transported the 53 Starlink spacecraft, following takeoff. within 1 hour deployed to their designated orbits.
The same booster previously launched the RADARSAT Constellation mission for the Canadian Space Agency in June 2019, SpaceX’s first manned Demo-2 flight in May 2020, and the SXM-7 satellite for SiriusXM in December 2020, as well as additionally. eight different Starlink missions was launched into space.
Starlink continues to grow
Starlink, which has been serving all over the world, finally delivered to Ukraine under Russian occupation. free internet access it made a huge splash with it. In this process, SpaceX sent Starlink terminals and necessary equipment to the warring country; In this way, communication was prevented from being interrupted.
However, the Starlink network is constantly keep growing is doing. SpaceX, which has permission to send 12,000 Starlink satellites into orbit, has finally applied to the international regulator for approval to send 30,000 more satellites.
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