La misión desplegó 22 satélites Starlink adicionales en órbita terrestre baja, donde se unirán a una constelación de miles que brindan Internet de alta velocidad y baja latencia en todo el mundo. El propulsor de la primera etapa, que estaba en su vuelo número 13, regresó con éxito a la Tierra donde aterrizó en la barcaza autónoma A Shortfall of Gravitas que había esperado su regreso en el Océano Atlántico.
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket with a payload of nearly two dozen Starlink satellites into space from Florida’s famed Cape Canaveral late Wednesday.
The rocket launched at 11:36 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The mission deployed 22 additional Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit where they will join a constellation of thousands that provide high-speed, low latency Internet worldwide.
The first-stage booster, which was on its 13th flight, successfully returned to Earth were it landed upon the autonomous barge A Shortfall of Gravitas that had awaited its return in the Atlantic Ocean.
The launch — which was SpaceX’s 56th of the year and 255th overall — came hours before SpaceX was to launch a second Falcon 9 rocket with a payload of 21 Starlink orbitals from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base at 1:42 am PT, or 4:42 a.m. EDT.
Fuente: https://www.spacedaily.com
