The company increases its flight frequency record with each launch. The company’s previous annual record of 61 launches was set in 2022.
The American company SpaceX on Thursday, December 7, launched another 23 Starlink Internet satellites into orbit. This will be the 90th orbital mission for SpaceX in 2023, Space.com reports.
The Falcon 9 launch vehicle with 23 satellites took off from the spaceport in Florida. The rocket’s first stage returned to Earth for a vertical landing approximately 8.5 minutes after launch. He landed on an unmanned SpaceX ship in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida.
Meanwhile, 23 Starlink satellites are scheduled to deploy from the Falcon 9 upper unit into low Earth orbit about 65 minutes after liftoff.
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Last year, Elon Musk’s company launched 61 rockets. The Starlink space network currently consists of more than 5,100 active satellites.
Falcon 9 first stage lands on Just Read the Instructions droneship pic.twitter.com/VG7Vbkzhes
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 7, 2023
Let’s recall that on November 28, the Falcon 9 launch vehicle successfully launched a batch of 23 Starlink mini-satellites into orbit. On November 20, SpaceX launched 22 more Starlink Internet satellites into orbit.
Source: korrespondent
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