The orbital constellation of the global Internet coverage network was filled with a batch of 22 devices.
The launch of the Falcon 9 vehicle launched another batch of 22 mini-satellites into orbit to replenish the Starlink orbital constellation. About this October 5 reported SpaceX company.
It was noted that the launch was carried out from the launch complex at the US Space Forces base at Cape Canaveral in Florida at 01:36 US East Coast time (8:36 Kiev time).
The first multiple-stage launch vehicle, used for the eighth time, made a controlled vertical landing on an offshore drone platform in the Atlantic after separation.
Falcon 9 first stage lands on Just Read the Instructions droneship pic.twitter.com/E33mVRzE4n
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 5, 2023
In total, SpaceX has launched 113 Internet satellites since May 2019 as part of the Starlink project (44 since the beginning of this year). During this time, more than 5.2 thousand devices were launched into orbit, some of which failed or were lost.
Today more than 4.8 thousand mini-satellites remain in space in working condition.
Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/nRp6TPUEo1
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 5, 2023
It was previously reported that the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved SpaceX’s application for two new Starlink antenna models.
Source: korrespondent
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