On Tuesday, October 7, the American company SpaceX launched another 28 Starlink satellites into space, marking its 130th mission for rocket launches this year. According to Space.com,
the Falcon 9 rocket carrying the satellites took off from the Florida launch site at 09:46 Kyiv time.
The first stage of the rocket returned to Earth as planned approximately 8.5 minutes after liftoff, landing in the Atlantic Ocean on a SpaceX drone ship.
The Falcon 9 upper stage continued its journey, placing the Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit, scheduled to be deployed about 64 minutes post-launch.
This mission represents the 126th flight of the reliable Falcon 9 this year and the 130th overall for SpaceX.
The other four missions consisted of suborbital test flights for the Starship rocket system.
As a reminder, on Friday, September 19, SpaceX launched another 24 Starlink satellites into space.