As part of the deployment of the global Internet communication system, 4.5 thousand devices of the company are already operating in orbit.
The Falcon 9 launch successfully launched another batch of 22 mini-satellites into orbit to replenish the orbital constellation of the Starlink global Internet coverage network. It was announced on August 7 by SpaceX.
“The deployment of 22 Starlink satellites has been confirmed,” X said in a social media post.
The launch was conducted on Monday from the launch complex at the base of the US Space Force at Cape Canaveral in Florida.
The first multiple-stage launch vehicle, used for the fourth time, after separation, made a controlled vertical landing on an offshore drone platform in the Atlantic.
Falcon 9 first stage lands on A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship pic.twitter.com/5VzUyRUQks
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 7, 2023
Note that in total, SpaceX has launched 98 Internet satellite launches since May 2019 as part of the Starlink project (29 since the beginning of this year). During this time, more than 4.9 thousand devices were launched into orbit, some of which failed or were lost.
Today more than 4.5 thousand mini-satellites remain in space in working condition.
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lift off! pic.twitter.com/exxvpLC6vk
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 7, 2023
In the past, SpaceX successfully launched a heavy Falcon Heavy rocket, which launched the heaviest commercial satellite Jupiter 3 into orbit.
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