The SpaceX company on Monday, April 29, carried out another launch of 23 Starlink satellites designed to expand the Internet communication constellation.
This is reported Space.com.
The Falcon 9 launch vehicle with satellites on board took off from the Cape Canaveral Spaceport in Florida at 00:08 Kyiv time. As in previous missions, the rocket’s first stage successfully returned to Earth, landing on the Just Read the Instructions unmanned craft in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 8.5 minutes after launch.
65 minutes after launch, the satellites were successfully launched into low Earth orbit. This launch was SpaceX’s 40th in 2024, and 27 of those were dedicated to expanding the Starlink constellation.
