SpaceX launches another 53 Starlink satellites
Capitalism in space: SpaceX tonight successfully used its Falcon 9 rocket to launch another 53 Starlink satellites into orbit.
The first stage completed its 12th flight, a new record. The fairings were also reused, one half for the fourth time and the other for the second time. SpaceX continues to maintain a one launch per week schedule in 2022.
At posting the upper stage still had one more engine burn to insert itself into the final orbit, followed by satellite deployment.
The leaders in the 2022 launch race:
11 SpaceX
6 China
3 Russia
2 ULA
The U.S. now leads China 17 to 6 in the national rankings.
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Capitalism in space: SpaceX tonight successfully used its Falcon 9 rocket to launch another 53 Starlink satellites into orbit.
The first stage completed its 12th flight, a new record. The fairings were also reused, one half for the fourth time and the other for the second time. SpaceX continues to maintain a one launch per week schedule in 2022.
At posting the upper stage still had one more engine burn to insert itself into the final orbit, followed by satellite deployment.
The leaders in the 2022 launch race:
11 SpaceX
6 China
3 Russia
2 ULA
The U.S. now leads China 17 to 6 in the national rankings.
Readers!
My annual February birthday fund-raising drive for Behind the Black is now over. Thank you to everyone who donated or subscribed. While not a record-setter, the donations were more than sufficient and slightly above average.
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For those readers who like my work here at Behind the Black and haven't contributed so far, please consider donating or subscribing. My analysis of space, politics, and culture, taken from the perspective of an historian, is almost always on the money and ahead of the game. For example, in 2020 I correctly predicted that the COVID panic was unnecessary, that the virus was apparently simply a variation of the flu, that masks were not simply pointless but if worn incorrectly were a health threat, that the lockdowns were a disaster and did nothing to stop the spread of COVID. Every one of those 2020 conclusions has turned out right.
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Not again!!!!!!!!!
This is getting to be a weekly thing
Geez, Global Space Industry, what part of ‘reusable’ don’t you get?
I can’t wait for the first orbital starship launch. At this point it seems like spacex is basically competing against itself.
Rideshare on Starship will be a madhouse. Potentially ~1000 small payloads every week. Universities will have to up their production game (fortunately, grad-student labor is available).
Keep on launching them! I have my Starlink Dish and I am happy with the speed of connection. No more watching the Usage-Meter with the old provider.
Good on SpaceX … they may need even more, since those already operational may be targeted now … though that is a LOT of targets.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/03/18/elon-musks-starlink-helping-ukraine-win-drone-war/
(Unfortunately, behind a paywall.)
Begun, the drone wars have … (cue Vader theme music) …
There was no audible countdown of the final ten seconds. First time?
Ram it down Rogozin’s throat, Elon. You’re the future, he’s already the past
Just read that thanks to Elon and Starlink, Ukrainian drone operators are waxing the Russians while they sleep.
First report I’ve seen of it, so it hasn’t been verified yet but that should also speak to how fast the speeds are!
You’re not flying a night vision equipped drone carrying ordinance with a 56K modem speed.
I just saw this today, SpaceX will be launching the OneWeb satellites.
Elon, we’ve talked about this before, it really has to end