SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from California today (Feb. 1).
A Falcon Nine rocket with 22 Starlink spacecraft left the base of Vandenberg’s space force at 6:02 p. m.
The first level of Falcon Nine returned to Earth about 8 minutes after takeoff as planned, attacking the Pacific Ocean in the Spacex sends “of course, I still love you. “
Today’s flight today’s launch and touchdown for this specific reinforcement, according to a description of the Spacex mission. Thirteen of his 17 flights were Starlink missions.
The Falcon 9 level, on the other hand, continued to send the 22 -star link satellites to a low terrestrial orbit. They will deploy them there about 61 minutes after takeoff.
SpaceX has now launched 14 Falcon 9 missions in 2025, nine of them Starlink flights.
The Starlink megaconstellation, the largest ever assembled, is ultimately made up of more than 6,900 operational spacecraft, according to astrophysicist and satellite tracker Jonathan McDowell.
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