The two-stage Falcon 9 launched on June 17 at 19:09 Moscow time from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in
It is reported that all communication satellites were successfuldelivered to low Earth orbit approximately 15.5 minutes after launch. And the Falcon 9 first stage, which completed its mission, descended to Earth for a vertical landing on the unmanned A Shortfall of Gravitas, which was in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida.
Falcon 9's first stage has landed on the AShortfall of Gravitas droneship – marking SpaceX’s first 13th flight of a first stage booster and 100th successful mission with a flight proven orbital class rocket! pic.twitter.com/6XjfcOPuUh
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 17, 2022
Today's launch was the thirteenth for onelaunch vehicle. This is a new record for the number of flights for the first stage of SpaceX. At the same time, different Falcon 9 missiles have already completed 100 successful missions for all the time.
Flight diagram. Source: SpaceX
With the launch of new Starlink satellites, their commonthe number has exceeded 2200. It is expected that after the completion of the project, several tens of thousands of such transmitters will operate in orbit, which will provide the entire world with the Internet.
The full video of the flight is posted on the SpaceX YouTube channel.
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