the carrier Rocket Falcon 9 launched in Florida with 58 Internet satellites Starlink. The start was given in 5.21 time East coast USA (GMT 12.21.) from the spaceport at Cape Canaveral. Live broadcast of the event was conducted by the company SpaceX.
This is the ninth batch of Starlink satellites, into orbit, and the third flight for the first stage of the Falcon 9, which should once again land on a floating barge in the Atlantic shortly after launch.
According to the technology SpaceX, approximately 26 minutes after liftoff, the satellites will be delivered into the intermediate orbit at an altitude of up to 367 miles. Then, on its own motive power, they rise to a higher orbit for testing and then move on the working orbit at an altitude of about 550 kilometers.
the Previous launch satellites Starlink was held on 3 June. It was the eighth launch of the Starlink program, which provides for the conclusion in the space of 12 thousand satellites to provide broadband Internet. The total project cost is estimated at $ 10 billion.
meanwhile, the US army signed a three-year agreement with SpaceX billionaire Elon musk on cooperation in the framework of the project Starlink. The Pentagon is studying the possibility of using satellite broadband for military purposes, according to SpaceNews.
