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.
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.