SpaceX launches another 22 new generation Starlink satellites into space
This morning (05:41 Kyiv time), SpaceX launched 22 more Starlink Internet satellites and landed a rocket on an unmanned ship at sea
This was reported by Space.
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the next batch of Starlink spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral Spaceport in Florida at 22:41 Eastern Time (02:41 GMT on August 7).
The first stage of the Falcon 9 returned to Earth as planned, landing about 8.5 minutes after launch on the SpaceX A Shortfall of Gravitas unmanned ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
According to SpaceX’s mission description, this was the fourth launch and landing for this launch vehicle. You can watch the broadcast of the launch in the header of this article.
Also, according to satellite tracking specialist and astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell, SpaceX has launched about 4,900 Starlink spacecraft to date. More than 4,500 of these satellites are currently operational.
SpaceX plans to launch many more Starlink vehicles in the coming weeks and months. The company has a license to launch 12,000 satellites and has applied for a license to launch another 30,000 satellites.
