(Original title: SpaceX launched the rocket again in less than 48 hours and sent 10 satellites to heaven)
[NetEase smart news June 26 news] According to foreign media reports, from the last launch of the "Falcon 9" rocket less than 48 hours, the United States space exploration technology company (SpaceX) once again launched "Falcon 9 "The Rockets, and successfully sent 10 communications satellites to the scheduled orbit, and recovered a first-class rocket at sea.
At 1:25 p.m. Pacific time (4:25 am Beijing time on Monday), SpaceX successfully launched a "Falcon 9" rocket at Vandenberg Air Force Base in northwest Los Angeles, California. It is the next generation of Iridium's communications satellites.
As usual, SpaceX still recovered the first-class rocket of the "Falcon 9". Although the weather in the reclaimed sea area was poor and there were strong winds and waves, SpaceX succeeded in landing the first-class rocket of the Falcon 9 on the Pacific Ocean. People on board.
Counting this time on the recovery of the first-class rocket, SpaceX has successfully recovered the first-class rocket "Falcon 9" 13 times.
After 50 minutes of launch, the "Falcon 9" reached the scheduled orbit and delivered 10 satellites to the scheduled orbit within the next 15 minutes.
It is worth noting that SpaceX launches "Falcon 9" in California this time, less than 48 hours before the last launch of "Falcon 9". SpaceX is in Kennedy Space, Fla. The center launched a "Falcon 9" rocket, and two launches in less than 48 hours also set SpaceX's shortest launch interval record.
After launching 10 satellites of Iridium Communications, SpaceX will also need to launch the remaining 65 satellites for Iridium Communications in the next year. Iridium Communications plans to launch it by mid-2018. The satellites, which replace 66 satellites that have been in operation for many years now, and the launch missions are all handed to SpaceX, which means that SpaceX needs to perform seven launch missions for Iridium Communications in the next year. . (sea blue)
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