In the early hours of Saturday morning (December 21), SpaceX launched 30 satellites into orbit.
one Falcon 9 Rocket takes off from California Vandenberg Space Force Base The ridesharing mission will be launched at 6:34 a.m. ET Saturday (1134 GMT; 3:34 a.m. local time in California). Space Exploration Technologies Corporation Call Bandwagon-2.
thirty satellite Payloads on Bandwagon-2 include the Korea Defense Development Agency as well as “Arrow Science and Technology, Exolaunch, HawkEye 360, Maverick Space Systems, Sidus Space, Tomorrow Companies Inc., True Anomaly and Think Orbital.” SpaceX’s payload is written in one Mission statement.
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SpaceX has launched a “Bandwagon” mission—— Trend No. 1launched 11 satellites in April this year. The company has also launched other ride-sharing missions, including a series called “Transporter.”
To date, SpaceX has launched 11 transportation missions. The first flew in January 2021, placing 143 satellites into orbit, Single launch record That still exists.
As planned on Saturday, the Falcon 9’s first stage returned to Earth about eight minutes after launch, landing vertically at Vandenberg.
According to SpaceX’s mission description, this is the 21st flight for this particular booster. Only three steps away from the company Rocket reuse record.
SpaceX has not given a timetable for deploying the 30 satellites.