Thursday, February 18, 2021
There is a new record for the most spacecraft launched by a single rocket at one time. In January, The Transporter-1 mission, part of SpaceX’s SmallSat Rideshare Program, lifted off atop a Falcon 9 booster from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida with 143 satellites aboard. Among the satellites in the payload, 10 SpaceX STARLINK satellites, which will be added to a constellation which will provide a global internet system.
Many more details on this amazing accomplishment can be found at the SPACEX website, SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter 1 Rocket Launch – January 2021 – Space Coast Launches
Additional details on upcoming SPACEX Launches can also be found at this site.
To learn more about Space Missions like these, please consider taking one of the many Space Courses offered virtually at this time by Applied Technology Institute.
A complete list of ATI Space Courses can be found at https://www.aticourses.com/events/cat-5-space-satellite-and-aerospace/
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