SpaceX launches 6,000th Starlink satellite on Friday

SpaceX launches 6,000th Starlink satellite on Friday 

SpaceX tied its rocket-reuse record on Friday (Walk 15) while putting its 6,000th Starlink web satellite into Earth's circle.

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 more of the organization's Starlink satellites sent off at 8:21 p.m. EDT (0021 GMT Walk 16) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

As per a SpaceX mission depiction, it was the nineteenth takeoff for this Falcon of Prey 9's most memorable stage. That tied an imprint set this previous December and matched interestingly a month ago.

The send-off likewise raised the quantity of Starlink satellites sent off into space to more than 6,000 since SpaceX started conveying the heavenly body in 2019.

To design, the Falcon 9's most memorable stage returned to Earth around 8.5 minutes after takeoff, arriving on the droneship "A Setback of Gravitas," which was positioned in the Atlantic Sea.

The Falcon 9's upper stage kept pulling the 23 Starlink satellites to the low Earth circle, where they were to be delivered around 65.5 minutes after takeoff.

Broad rocket reuse is a critical need for SpaceX and its pioneer and Chief, Elon Musk. Without a doubt, the organization's cutting-edge vehicle, called Starship, is intended to be completely and quickly reusable, a leading edge that Musk thinks will make the Mars settlement financially practical.

The launch on Friday follows SpaceX's generally effective third experimental drill of Starship, which took off from the organization's Starbase site in South Texas. That mission was sent off on Thursday morning.