The launch comes after five consecutive days of delays due to bad weather.
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JACARTA – SpaceX launches 54 satellites broadband connection Starlink from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Sunday (9/18/2022) at 8:18 pm EDT or at 0018 GMT on Monday (9/19/2022). The launch comes after five consecutive days of delays due to bad weather.
Rocket SpaceX Falcon 9 carries the satellite Starlink Group 4-34 orbit low ground, deploying it as expected about 15.5 minutes after takeoff. However, before that happens, the rocket’s first stage returns to Earth and lands on SpaceX’s Just Read the Instructions drone, which is stationed in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida. It was the sixth launch and landing for this particular booster, SpaceX wrote in the mission description.
Starlink is a constellation of satellites broadband connection SpaceX. So far, the company has put more than 3,200 satellites into orbit. SpaceX is expanding the constellation rapidly, with launches happening almost every week, and sometimes more often than not.
Reported by Space, On Monday (9/19/2022), SpaceX CEO Elon Musk recently said he hopes to launch up to 100 SpaceX missions by 2023. The goal is, in part, to improve Starlink services as quickly as possible for customers. long-range company wants to serve.
SpaceX already has regulatory approvals to launch 12,000 Starlink satellites. The company also asked international regulators to send another 30,000 satellites into orbit. The company is also expanding the types of customers who access Starlink’s services.
SpaceX recently announced a partnership with T-Mobile to stream broadband services directly to mobile devices. Additionally, SpaceX has signed a contract with Royal Caribbean to offer Starlink on cruise ships to improve Internet services at sea.
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