2019-5-24 11:07 |
After a few delays, SpaceX finally launched the first 60 satellites under its ambitious Starlink project today. The company’s rocket Falcon 9 lifted off at the scheduled time of 2230 ET. These satellites will be operational in an orbit 500 km from the surface of the earth.
As Space. com noted, this is SpaceX‘s first particular rocket that has managed to successfully land back on a pad after the launch for the third time. It’s also the heaviest payload Falcon 9 has ever carried (13,607. 771 kg approx). Starlink satellites have a lightweight (227 kg) flat-panel design that allows SpaceX to stack them…
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