SpaceX Launches 23 Starlink Satellites Again Using Falcon 9 Rocket

SpaceX launched 23 Starlink satellites (photo: Twitter @SpaceX)

JAKARTA SpaceX, Elon Musk's spaceflight company, has re-launched Starlink to develop their satellite megaconstellation in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

Just like the previous flight, the satellite was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida's Cape Canaberal Space Station. The launch of theStarlink satellite was carried out on Tuesday, November 28 at 12.26 WIB.

About 8.5 minutes after launch, the first phase of the Falcon 9 which brought 23 satellites back to Earth to make vertical landings. This first phase has landed perfectly on Florida's offshore coast.

SpaceX, through its mission description, said that the landing specific booster had been used 17 times, accounting for its launch and landing on each mission.

This is the 17th flight for the mission's first-stage booster supporter, which previously launched GPS III Space Vehicle 04, GPS III Space Vehicle 05, Inspiration4, Ax-1, Nilesat 301, OneWeb Launch 17, ARABSAT BADR-8, and now 10 Starlink Missions, SpaceX wrote.

With the end of this launch, the SpaceX website announced that the first phase of Falcon 9 had been launched 276 times, landed 234 times, and re-launched 209 times.

SpaceX last launched its satellite on Wednesday, November 22. The launch of the Falcon 9 also carried 23 satellites as payloads and returned to a perfect vertical landing.

It is not certain the number of satellites that have been launched to date, but SpaceX has successfully launched 4,600 satellites in October and plans to expand it to 42,000 satellites in the near future.