Elon Musk's SpaceX Resumes Big, Launches Three Starlink Missions Over Weekend, Placing 67 Satellites In Low Earth Orbit
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- Jul 29, 2024
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Elon Musk‘s SpaceX resumed launch activities over the weekend after a two-week-long pause with three back-to-back Starlink mission launches.
What Happened: SpaceX launched three back-to-back Starlink missions on Saturday and Sunday, taking 67 Starlink satellites in total to low-Earth orbit. While two of the missions were launched from Florida, the third was launched from California.
The three launches come after a two-week-long pause.
SpaceX launched Falcon 9 with 20 Starlink satellites from California on July 11. However, the Starlink satellites were deployed in a lower-than-intended orbit owing to an issue with the rocket’s second-stage engine. The company's launch operations have been on hold since.
The resumption follows an investigation by the company into the root cause of the mishap with oversight from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Necessary design changes have also been deployed to prevent a recurrence of the issue, SpaceX said last week.
Musk Rejoices: “Back in the saddle!” SpaceX CEO Musk wrote on X after Saturday’s launch.
Back in the saddle!
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