The O3b mPOWER 7 and 8 satellites were launched into medium-Earth orbit (MEO), which is approximately 8,000 km above Earth.
On December 18, the American company SpaceX launched two communications satellites O3b mPOWER 7 and 8 into space for the Luxembourg company SES. Space.com reported it.
The Falcon 9 launch vehicle with two satellites on board launched from a spaceport in Florida.
The O3b mPOWER 7 and 8 satellites were launched into medium-Earth orbit (MEO), which is approximately 8,000 km above Earth.
The rocket’s first stage landed on SpaceX’s Just Read the Instructions unmanned vessel in the Atlantic Ocean just 8.5 minutes after launch.
The first satellite is scheduled to be deployed into its planned orbit 113 minutes after launch, and the second another 7 minutes after that.
The satellites are manufactured by Boeing and weigh about 1,700 kilograms.
O3b mPOWER is a MEO communications constellation operated by the Luxembourg company SES. It currently consists of six satellites launched into orbit in three Falcon 9 missions between December 2022 and November 2023. The network is already operational and will increase to 11 satellites. All missions will be carried out using the Falcon 9 launch vehicle.
We remind you that on November 24, SpaceX launched a new batch of 20 Starlink Internet satellites into low-Earth orbit.
It was also reported that SpaceX performed a controlled return of a launch vehicle for the first time.
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