SpaceX launched a new batch of Starlink satellites into orbit - Falcon 9 rockets have completed 29 missions since the beginning of the year

The day before, SpaceX sent another batch of Starlink telecommunications satellites into space. Received at the mission

Falcon 9 rocket involved.

What is known

The mission started on May 14 at 08:03 (EET).8.5 minutes after launch, the first stage returned to Earth, successfully landing on the Just Read the Instructions platform. The unmanned site is located in the Atlantic Ocean.

The second stage launched 56 satellites into orbitstarlink. Just over an hour later, all spacecraft were successfully deployed. The total number of the Starlink constellation is approaching 4,500 satellites.

This flight was the 31st successful mission forSpaceX since the beginning of this year. Falcon 9 rockets participated in 29 of them. For the first stage, which flew the day before, this launch was already the eleventh.

Two more missions in 2023 were completed by a rocketFalcon Heavy. Two weeks ago, it launched three vehicles into orbit, including a ViaSat-3 Americas satellite weighing about 6,500 kg. In January, a rocket sent a military satellite into space for the US Space Force.