The Falcon 9 heavy launch vehicle on Sunday successfully brought into orbit the next group of 53 mini-satellites to replenish the orbital grouping of the global Internet cover of the Starlink system. This was reported by the SpaceX developer.
“The conclusion to the orbit of 53 satellites Starlink is confirmed,” the report said.
The launch was carried out from the starting complex of the 39a of the Kennedy Space Center on Cape Canveral in Florida at 09:38 Time of the east coast of the United States (17:38, Baku time).
About 15.5 minutes after the launch, 53 satellites separated from the second stage of the rocket in orbit up to 340 km high. After the SpaceX engineers are checking their performance, satellites using their own ion engines will rise to a regular orbit about 540 km high.