Spacex started a potentially occupied weekend with the launch of a Starlink satellite lot tonight (May 9) from California.
A Rocket Falcon 9 launched today the basis of the Spacex Vandenberg space force, the basis of the Vandenberg space force at 8:19 PM EDT (5:19 pm local time; 0019 GMT on May 10).
His trip to Low Earth Orbit (Leo) aboard a reinforcement of the first Falcon 9 designed B1081. This was the 14th launch of B1081, which has supported six previous missions of Starlink.
The nine Merlin engines of the reinforcement cut approximately 2.5 minutes in flight, followed in a short time by separation of B1081 from the upper stage of the rocket.
Approximately 8.5 minutes after takeoff, the reinforcement landed safely in Spacexs, of course, I still love his drone ship, parked in the Pacific Ocean.
The upper stage of the rocket continued towards Leo with the 26 Starlink satellites; They are expected to release them from the rocket load adapter approximately one hour in flight. Each satellite will maneuver in more specific orbits within the Megaconstellation of Starlink in the next few days.
The Spacex Starlink Network consists of more than 7,000 operational satellites and counting. In general, they operate in a network that covers almost the entire planet, except for the posts. Starlink offers users a high -speed Internet connection from anywhere (not the posts), customers can point out their Starlink receiver to the sky.
The launch of tonight was the 54th Mission Falcon 9 of Spacex of 2025 and 56 ° takeoff so far this year. The other two missions involved Starship, the next Lift-Lift Super-Lift of Spacex. The company is preparing for another spacecraft test, the ninth in general of the vehicle, in the coming weeks.
