SpaceX was Launched for the First Time After the Epidemic

On the afternoon of the 22nd, local time, a "four-handed" Falcon 9 rocket was successfully launched, putting its own 60 Starlink satellites into orbit, and about 9 minutes after the rocket took off, the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket landed steadily at Offshore platform, successfully achieved recovery. So far, SpaceX has completed four Starlink satellite launch missions in the past four months, and the total number of officially operating satellites has reached 420. In addition to continuing to sit firmly on the throne of the company with the largest number of satellites in the world, Starlink's satellite network is gradually approaching the number that can be put into commercial operation. As Musk once said, Starlink needs at least 400 satellites to achieve the minimum range of satellite Internet coverage. When the number of satellites reaches about 800, the satellite network can only start to provide network coverage within a certain range.

After the successful launch, Musk tweeted that the Starlink satellite network will be tested in private within 3 months, and public testing will be available before the second half of this year. According to previous statements, Starlink satellite Internet will provide services in North America as early as possible. At the same time, to use the Starlink Internet, ground terminals for connecting satellite signals are also indispensable, and work in this area is currently in progress. In March of this year, SpaceX has been approved to produce more than 1 million ground terminals, but it has not yet been publicly unveiled . According to Musk, these ground terminals are like a flying saucer with a stick on it. It will be very easy to use and anyone can easily install it. It is no longer news that Falcon 9 rockets are recycled and reused. For SpaceX, continuing to increase the maximum number of rocket reuses and better recycling and reuse of the fairing has become the current stage of rockets. Highlights in terms of launch. The launch was successful, and SpaceX's Falcon 9 officially took over the previous Atlas V as the most launched launch vehicle model in the United States.

The data shows that Atlas V was originally developed by Lockheed Martin, and currently belongs to the United Launch Alliance (ULA). From the first flight in August 2002 to the present, this type of rocket has carried out 83 flights in 18 years. The average number of launches per year is 4.6. Atlas V has been used for 83 launches so far. The horror performance of 0 failures has made this rocket once the most mainstream rocket model on the US launch market. The Falcon 9 is a latecomer. The Falcon 9 rocket officially began its orbital launch mission in June 2010. In the first 3 years, the Falcon 9 carried out only 5 launches. Over the past few years, the number of launches has increased year by year, eventually pushing the total number of launches to 84. In the next few years, the Falcon 9's unprecedented intensive launch plan will also make this type of rocket sit firmly in the top of the rocket launch. It is worth noting that, according to the current launch plan, the next debut of the Falcon 9 will be the official manned launch mission at the end of May