The Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched into orbit with another batch of 56 mini-satellites to replenish the orbital constellation of the Starlink global Internet coverage network. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the American company-developer SpaceX.
The launch was carried out from the 40th launch complex of the US Space Forces base at Cape Canaveral in Florida at 01:03 US East Coast time (08:03 Moscow time). About an hour after launch, the launch vehicle will have to put all the satellites into orbit.
This is the 85th launch of Internet satellites since May 2019 as part of the Starlink project and the 16th since the beginning of this year. SpaceX has already put into orbit about 4.4 thousand of these satellites. Some of them failed or went out of orbit. More than 4 thousand devices remain in orbit in working order.
At the same time, the first reusable stage of the launch vehicle, which is being used for launches for the 11th time, will have to make a controlled vertical landing on the Just Read the Instructions marine drone platform, located in the Atlantic 660 km away, approximately 8.5 minutes after the launch. from the spaceport.
Source: Rosbalt
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