photo Зеркало недели
SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon Heavy super-heavy launch vehicle as part of the USSF-67 mission for the benefit of the US Space Force. According to Space. com, the booster launched a military communications satellite and five other smaller vehicles into orbit.
Falcon Heavy boosters are designed to be reusable, just like the Falcon 9. As part of the current launch, SpaceX managed to return two boosters of its super-heavy launch vehicle to Earth, which landed eight minutes after launch. For both, this was the second launch..
[see_also ids\u003d"
The central booster was new, but it will no longer be able to fly again. Shortly after liftoff, it crashed into the Atlantic Ocean as planned..
Falcon Heavy launches USSF-67 to orbit pic. twitter. com/htJfgM0tdE.
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 16, 2023.
The main satellite launched as part of this mission is Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM 2 (CBAS-2). It was launched into a geostationary orbit 35,700 kilometers above the Earth..
"
Earlier, SpaceX founder Elon Musk announced the new dates for the first orbital flight of the Starship, designed to fly to the Moon and Mars.. It could take place within the next two or three months..