SpaceX deploys 54 upgraded Starlink broadband satellites and lands a rocket at sea,In its 60th flight of the year
A record 60th flight of the year was marked by the successful launch and landing of a new generation of Starlink satellites. A Falcon 9 rocket with 54 upgraded Starlink internet satellites lit up the predawn sky with a smooth launch from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Jesse Anderson, a SpaceX production and engineering manager, said during live launch commentary that the new license will allow them to add even more capacity to the network.
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We can add more customers and provide faster service in areas that are currently oversubscribed. The company's 60th launch of the year will take place in December of 2022. The first wave of an upgraded Starlink design is here. The company's 60th launch of the year will take place in December of 2022. The first wave of an upgraded Starlink design is here.
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About eight minutes after liftoff, the Falcon 9 first stage returned to Earth with a landing on the A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean, where rough recovery weather threatened to delay the launch. The touchdown marked the end of the 60th launch of the company, nearly doubling the 31 launches set as a SpaceX record in 2021. The 11th flight was made by the first stage of the mission. The booster flew five Starlink missions. S. The Nilesat 301 commercial satellite and two different private astronauts were carried on the Inspiration 4 and Ax-1 missions.
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Anderson said that the company would attempt to recover the two halves of the nose cone that had flown before. The Gen2 of Starlink is said to be more powerful than the 3,300 currently working in space. Despite sending hundreds of first-generation Starlink satellites aloft this year, the broadband network is facing congestion problems, according to a recent SpaceNews report.
"Starlink is a satellite internet constellation designed and manufactured by SpaceX to provide high-speed, low-latency internet to people living in remote and ural locations around the globe," Anderson said. The FCC granted approval for the deployment of 7,500 Gen2 satellites. The approval was just a partial one, however, as the FCC approved the application for permission to send nearly 30,000 of these satellites to low Earth orbit.
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The 54 upgraded Starlink internet satellites are shown in this view from the upper stage of the Falcon 9 rocket. The 54 upgraded Starlink internet satellites are shown in this view from the upper stage of the Falcon 9 rocket. In addition to being able to handle more traffic, Gen2 satellites can beam service directly to phones.
While this crop is going into space aboard a Falcon 9, SpaceX will eventually use its massive Starship rocket, which is in development and has been awaiting approval to fly to space for 18 months. The story was updated to include the results of the Starlink 5-1 launch and to correct the number of times the Falcon 9 booster has flown. It was the 11th mission for it.
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