SpaceX Rocket Night Launch: Broadcast from Florida

The B1059 stage had previously flown in five missions. Approximately 8.5 minutes after the start, she should gently lower onto the platform barge Of Course I Still Love You 633 km from the starting point. It will be shown live. SpaceX’s naval ships will also fish the fairing flaps about 700 km from the launch site.

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On board is a traditional pack of 60 260-kg satellites tightly stacked on top of each other.

Starlink is a project of businessman Elon Musk to cover the Earth with high-speed Internet through a network of near-earth satellites. It is planned to withdraw up to 42,000 devices. As of February 2021, more than 1,000 have been launched. Starlink is already providing initial beta services both in the US and overseas, and is set to continue expanding to near-global reach later this year. Monthly subscription – $ 99, terminal with antenna and Wi-Fi router – $ 499. Setting up “in five minutes”, after which “point the plate to the sky and get the Internet.”

The height of the Falcon 9 Block 5 is about 70 m, the diameter of the steps is 3.66 m, the diameter of the nose cone is 5.3 m, the mass of the rocket without fuel is about 29 tons, with a full refueling – up to 549 tons. The propulsion of the main stage is provided by nine Merlin 1D engines, the second – by one Merlin 1D Vacuum engine, both run on a mixture of liquid oxygen and rocket kerosene. Read more here.

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