The US space exploration technology company SpaceX launched 46 Starlink satellites yesterday (21st) and landed the rocket that was going to return to Earth safely. This mission broke the record of reuse of SpaceX’s rocket booster.
At 9:44 a.m. ET, a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, carrying 46 Starlink broadband spacecraft. About nine minutes after liftoff, the first stage, Falcon 9, returned to Earth, landing in the Atlantic Ocean several hundred miles off the coast of Florida. Falcon 9 has landed a whopping 107 times, including the landing of the Falcon Heavy booster.
SpaceX production manager Jessie Anderson said the Falcon 9, which flew yesterday’s first stage, was the 11th launch and landing, tying SpaceX’s record for reuse. The record was set by a different stage of the Falcon 9 rocket booster during Starlink’s launch in December.
SpaceX has launched three batches of Starlink this year, two in January and one in February. And in February, as many as 40 of the 49 spacecraft that were launched crashed due to a geomagnetic storm on Earth caused by a solar eruption.According to Spaceflight Now, SpaceX has put about 2,100 Starlink satellites into orbit, with more than 200 falling from orbit due to malfunction or retirement
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