Spacex aims to launch more rockets in 2022 than last year, and with the launch of a successful Starlink today, both on the way to achieve that goal.
Starlink Mission 4-9 Appointed at 9:25 Est (6:25 a.m.) from PAD 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and is the ninth of the SpaceX of the 52 planned this year. It is an impressive launch rhythm of about one per week, aligning with the Dedication of CEO of Spacex Elon Musk for Rapid Reusability.
Today’s mission was flown by Falcon 9 Booster “B1060,” which landed on a drone ship “just read the instructions” in the Atlantic Ocean about nine minutes after launch. With a successful launch and landing, B1060 is now tied to Reuse Rocket most at SpaceX – has completed 11 flights from their debut in June 2020.
B1060 was brought to the 47 Satellite Starlink orbit which now joined 2,000-pluses in the constellation of the first generation program orbiting the Earth, providing high speed internet, low latency throughout the world, even in remote areas. Starlink is currently agreed to expand its consequence to 12,000 satellites, although SpaceX has been applied to launch 30,000 further.
Starlink 4-9 is the launch of Starlink Sixth Starlink this year, but not all missions are fully successful. On February 3, a launch brought 49 star satellites to the room, but 38 of them failed to reach the intended orbit due to geomagnetic storms, caught fire when they re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere. SpaceX maintains that this problem is not a big setback.
“We have the capacity to build up to 45 satellites per week, and we have launched up to 240 satellites in one month,” said the company in a statement on February 22 on Starlink’s sustainability and safety.
For this reason, the next Starlink SpaceX launch is scheduled for March 8 from Cape Canaver Space Force Station (CCSFS) of the complex launch of 40.