The American aerospace company SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink spacecraft into orbit. Since the beginning of 2023, she has already made 20 launches.
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As part of the 20th launch, the Falcon 9 rocket was launched from the launch pad in Canaveral, Florida. 9 minutes after launch, the first stage returned to the A Shortfall of Gravitas unmanned platform in the Atlantic Ocean.
Falcon 9 delivered 56 Starlink satellites into orbit, bringing the total to 4,105. At the same time, there are less than 3,800 spacecraft in the workforce. By the way, recently became knownthat due to problems with Starlink v2 Mini, SpaceX will be forced to remove some of the second generation satellites from orbit.
The 20th mission in 2023 lasted just over an hour. All 56 satellites have been successfully deployed in low Earth orbit. For the first stage of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle, this launch was also anniversary – the 10th.
Source: SpaceX
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