SpaceX launches 60 more Starlink satellites
Capitalism in space: SpaceX today successfully launched another sixty Starlink satellites, bringing the total in orbit to over 800.
The company also recovered the first stage, completing its third flight. The fairings were to be picked up in the ocean, rather than caught in a ship’s net, as the last launch one fairing broke the net. SpaceX engineers might have determined ocean recovery is now safer and sufficient for reuse.
This was also the company’s 100th successful launch and its 63rd successful first stage recovery.
The leaders in the 2020 launch race:
26 China
18 SpaceX
11 Russia
4 ULA
4 Europe (Arianespace)
The U.S. now leads China 28 to 26 in the national rankings.
Capitalism in space: SpaceX today successfully launched another sixty Starlink satellites, bringing the total in orbit to over 800.
The company also recovered the first stage, completing its third flight. The fairings were to be picked up in the ocean, rather than caught in a ship’s net, as the last launch one fairing broke the net. SpaceX engineers might have determined ocean recovery is now safer and sufficient for reuse.
This was also the company’s 100th successful launch and its 63rd successful first stage recovery.
The leaders in the 2020 launch race:
26 China
18 SpaceX
11 Russia
4 ULA
4 Europe (Arianespace)
The U.S. now leads China 28 to 26 in the national rankings.