SpaceX launches two Intelsat communications satellites
Using its Falcon 9 rocket SpaceX today successfully launched two Intelsat geosynchronous communications satellites into orbit.
The first stage completed its 14th flight, but was not recovered. This was not a failure, but intended because the rocket needed the fuel to instead get the satellite into its proper geosynchronous orbit.
The leaders in the 2022 launch race:
52 SpaceX
48 China
19 Russia
9 Rocket Lab
8 ULA
American private enterprise now leads China 75 to 48 in the national rankings, and only trails the rest of the world combined 76 to 75.
Using its Falcon 9 rocket SpaceX today successfully launched two Intelsat geosynchronous communications satellites into orbit.
The first stage completed its 14th flight, but was not recovered. This was not a failure, but intended because the rocket needed the fuel to instead get the satellite into its proper geosynchronous orbit.
The leaders in the 2022 launch race:
52 SpaceX
48 China
19 Russia
9 Rocket Lab
8 ULA
American private enterprise now leads China 75 to 48 in the national rankings, and only trails the rest of the world combined 76 to 75.