SpaceX's veteran Falcon 9 booster, B1058, made its 16th launch on Sunday. This was the 216th successful mission for the series and a record-breaking event for the company.
was initially used in May 2020 to launch NASA crew members Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken on the Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission. This successful mission marked the end of a nearly nine-year drought in US launches carrying astronauts into orbit. In over three years of service, the primary booster of SpaceX has successfully launched 801 spacecraft and payloads, along with two astronauts.which, despite the name, are larger than SpaceX’s previous generation Starlinks.
These same satellites will launch via SpaceX's Starship rocket once operational. Notably, SpaceX has recently conducted a successful six-engine static fire test of its Starship rocket at its Texas-based Starbase facility, following its initial failed orbital mission earlier this year.— Elon Musk A space company has signed multi-billion dollar contracts with NASA to use their rocket for the Artemis lunar program.
Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, shared an update on their latest spacecraft - the biggest rocket ever built - shortly after deploying their latest satellites. “Looks like we can increase Raptor thrust by ~20 percent to reach 9,000 tons of force at sea level... And deliver over 200 tons of payload to a useful orbit with full and rapid reusability,” he wrote on Twitter.
“Fifty rockets flying every three days on average enables over a megaton of payload to orbit per year – enough to build a self-sustaining city on Mars," he added.
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