{"id":10331,"date":"2023-08-26T18:54:31","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T10:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/spacex-falcon-9-launches-22-starlink-satellites-from-cape-canaveral\/"},"modified":"2023-08-26T18:54:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T10:54:31","slug":"spacex-falcon-9-launches-22-starlink-satellites-from-cape-canaveral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/spacex-falcon-9-launches-22-starlink-satellites-from-cape-canaveral\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX Falcon 9 launches 22 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_63415\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63415\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230827-SpaceX_Starlink_6-11_SFN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"452\" class=\"size-full wp-image-63415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230827-SpaceX_Starlink_6-11_SFN.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230827-SpaceX_Starlink_6-11_SFN-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-63415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Falcon 9 lifts off from Cape Canaveral on Saturday, August 26, 2023 carrying 22 more satellites for SpaceX\u2019s Starlink broadband internet service. Image: Adam Bernstein\/Spaceflight Now.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SpaceX launched its second Falcon 9 mission of the day, sending 22 second-generation Starlink satellites into orbit on Saturday at 9:05 p.m. EDT (0105 UTC). It followed the successful launch of a four-member crew to the International Space Station earlier in the day.<\/p>\n<p>With Saturday\u2019s successful mission, more than 5,000 Starlink satellites have now reached orbit. Based on statistics compiled by Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics who maintains a space flight database, SpaceX has now launched a total of 5,005 Starlinks since 2019.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_63418\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63418\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230827-Starlink-6-11-Launch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"452\" class=\"size-full wp-image-63418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230827-Starlink-6-11-Launch.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230827-Starlink-6-11-Launch-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-63418\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Falcon 9 soars through the Florida night sky after lifting off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Image: SpaceX.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After lifting off from Space Launch Complex 40, the Falcon 9 soared south-east, targeting an orbit inclined at 43 degrees to the equator. After separating from the second stage about two and a half minutes into flight, the first stage booster continued downrange for a landing on the drone ship Just Read the Instructions, stationed in the Atlantic east of the Bahamas.<\/p>\n<p>Two burns of the second stage placed the satellites into the required circular orbit. Separation of the 22 satellites occurred about one hour, five minutes after launch.<\/p>\n<p>The first stage booster, tailnumber B1080, was making its third mission. It\u2019s inaugural flight was to launch the private Axiom 2 crew to the International Space Station earlier this year on May 21. It then lifted off on July 1 with the European Space Agency\u2019s Euclid space telescope.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XTjZ7FCCOu0\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It was the 14th launch of the so-called V2 mini satellites which are larger and have four times the bandwidth of the previous models. The full-sized V2 Starlink satellites are due to be launched by SpaceX\u2019s fully-reusable Starship vehicle, but the delayed debut of Starship led SpaceX to create a condensed version of the satellites so they could be launched on Falcon 9.<\/p>\n<p>In early May, SpaceX announced it had more than 1.5 million subscribers to Starlink. The company\u2019s internet service is available in more than 60 countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Falcon 9 lifts off from Cape Canaveral on Saturday, August 26, 2023 carrying 22 more satellites for SpaceX\u2019s Starlink broadband internet service. Image: Adam Bernstein\/Spaceflight Now. SpaceX launched its second Falcon 9 mission of the day, sending 22 second-generation Starlink satellites into orbit on Saturday at 9:05 p.m. EDT (0105 UTC). 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