{"id":2545,"date":"2019-01-03T11:22:51","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T05:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=2545"},"modified":"2019-01-03T11:22:51","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T05:52:51","slug":"spacex-launches-64-satellites-at-once","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/spacex-launches-64-satellites-at-once\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX launches 64 satellites at once"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Relevant For General Studies:-<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Washington:\u00a0<\/b>SpaceX has launched its Falcon 9 rocket, sending an unusual payload into space\u201464 satellites at the same time, a US record.<\/li>\n<li>And the company headed by US tech billionaire\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/Companies\/MnFtxJgFUcCzRO2AIN0zxM\/Musks-SpaceX-lands-new-Japanese-client-for-lunar-rover-miss.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a>\u00a0marked another milestone on Monday in its bid to make rockets more re-usable, like airplanes: the blast-off used a recycled booster for the third time.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/Companies\/D12qcaebM3dWDMtQKALgsL\/Elon-Musks-SpaceX-to-put-12000-satellites-in-orbit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California-based SpaceX has landed more than 30 of these boosters back on Earth,<\/a>\u00a0and has begun re-using them on subsequent missions.<\/li>\n<li>In the past, companies have typically allowed rocket parts costing many millions of dollars to fall like junk into the ocean.<\/li>\n<li>Monday\u2019s landing of the first stage was flawless, like many before it.<\/li>\n<li>Several minutes after lift-off, the tall, white portion of the rocket\u2014known formally as the first stage\u2014separated from the second stage.<\/li>\n<li>The booster then fired its engines and made a controlled, upright landing on a platform in the Pacific Ocean, video from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/Science\/zyGWcc856Z9nvkYjeDrkrN\/Musk-says-SpaceX-isnt-planning-to-reuse-the-Falcon-9-rocket.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SpaceX<\/a>\u2019s live webcast showed.<\/li>\n<li>Meanwhile, the second stage pressed deeper into space, carrying 15 micro-satellites and 49 CubeSats belonging to 34 different clients including public, private and university sources from 17 different countries including South Korea, France and Kazakhstan.<\/li>\n<li>The launch was chartered by a company called Spaceflight, which specialises in space \u201crideshares,\u201d or putting multiple satellites on the same rocket.<\/li>\n<li>Microsatellites weigh a few dozen pounds (kilograms) and CubeSats are even smaller.<\/li>\n<li>The satellites will be placed into orbit over the next several hours.<\/li>\n<li>Not all the clients have scientific missions.<\/li>\n<li>The Nevada Museum of Art sent up a sculpture called \u201cOrbital Reflector\u201d by artist Trevor Paglen.<\/li>\n<li>The reflective, inflatable sculpture is designed to eject from its satellite and orbit the earth \u201cfor several weeks before disintegrating upon re-entry into Earth\u2019s atmosphere,\u201d the museum said.<\/li>\n<li><i>This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text.<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relevant For General Studies:- Washington:\u00a0SpaceX has launched its Falcon 9 rocket, sending an unusual payload into space\u201464 satellites at 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