All satellites were deployed into orbit, and the first multiple-stage launch vehicle landed on an offshore platform in the Atlantic Ocean.
The American company SpaceX has launched a new batch of 22 Starlink Internet satellites into orbit. The company announced this on Twitter on Sunday, August 27th.
A Falcon 9 launch vehicle carrying 22 Starlink satellites launched from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral in Florida.
All satellites were deployed into orbit, and the first multiple-stage launch vehicle landed on the Just Read the Instructions maritime drone platform in the Atlantic Ocean.
In turn, Space.com said that this is a landmark mission for SpaceX, as the total number of Starlink satellites launched by the company to date exceeds 5,000.
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lift off! pic.twitter.com/SMg27dBgmd
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 27, 2023
Falcon 9 first stage lands on Just Read the Instructions droneship pic.twitter.com/7AXYbB63Vw
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 27, 2023
Recall that on August 22, SpaceX also launched a new batch of 21 Starlink Internet satellites into orbit. But then the launch was carried out from the spaceport at the Vandenberg base in California.
In the future, Elon Musk’s company plans to deploy up to 30,000 Starlink satellites into orbit.
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