SpaceX launches two Falcon 9 rockets in a few hours

SpaceX completed two successful Falcon 9 launches in just a few hours. The rockets launched several

dozens of satellites, including Starlink.

What is known

As part of the first orbital missionAn aerospace company launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 51 Starlink spacecraft into space. It was the 11th successful launch since the beginning of 2023. Eight minutes and 40 seconds after liftoff, the first stage returned to Earth and landed on the Of Course I Still Love You unmanned platform in the Pacific Ocean. For her, this was the 99th successful launch.

About 7 minutes later, all satellites were successfully deployed in low Earth orbit. The Starlink constellation already has 4,000 satellites.

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A few hours later, SpaceX sent into spacesatellite Inmarsat I-6 F2 weighing about 5.5 tons. The launch was the 12th since the beginning of 2023 for the company Elon Musk (Elon Musk), and in total SpaceX wants to make 100 launches during the current year.

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This mission became the 3rd successful one for the first stageFalcon 9 rockets. 8 minutes 40 seconds after launch, she landed on the Just Read the Instructions unmanned pad, and about half an hour after the launch, the Inmarsat I-6 F2 was deployed in geostationary orbit.