A Falcon 9 launch vehicle carrying 21 Starlink satellites launched from the Vandenberg Space Center in California.
The American company SpaceX on Tuesday, August 22, announced the launch of a new batch of 21 Starlink Internet satellites in space to be launched into orbit.
It is indicated that the Falcon 9 launch vehicle with 21 Starlink satellites on board was launched from the Vandenberg Space Center in California.
The Falcon 9’s first stage is also reported to have returned to Earth, landing the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific Ocean.
As you know, Elon Musk’s company has so far launched about five thousand Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit, most of them are operational.
lift off! pic.twitter.com/AvzApSXTnU
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 22, 2023
It will be recalled that on August 17, the launch of the Falcon 9 vehicle launched another batch of 22 mini-satellites of the Starlink system into orbit.
Earlier it was reported that SpaceX launched a satellite weighing 6.7 tons into orbit.
Source: korrespondent
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