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This is the third launch within the Starlink project in a month
The launch of the 15th group of Starlink Internet satellites took place at 11:31 a.m. EDT.
The heavy Falcon 9 launch vehicle entered orbit on Saturday, October 24 with another batch of 60 minisatellites for Starlink’s worldwide Internet coverage. This was reported by the Interfax-Ukraine news agency with reference to the statement of the developer SpaceX.
The 15th group of Starlink Internet satellites launched at 11:31 am ET at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
After launch, the reusable first stage of the SpaceX launch vehicle, which is used for launches for the third time, after 8 minutes 23 seconds you need to make a controlled landing on the automatic floating platform Just read the instructions in the Atlantic, at 633 km from the launch site at Cape Canaveral.
Furthermore, the special rescue vessels GO Searcher and GO Navigator in the Atlantic will have to fish out of the water two flaps of the rocket nose fairing, which after separation will be parachuted.
Reusing the fairing saves SpaceX up to $ 6 million on its rocket launches.
This is the third Starlink release in a month. Previous batches of 60 Starlink satellites were put into orbit on October 6 and 18.
The SpaceX orbital group, which began deploying in May 2019, already consists of 833 vehicles. SpaceX is now the world’s largest satellite operator.
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