Elon Musk’s private space company SpaceXToday, you have left behind a big milestone in terms of successful missions. announced.
A really fast start to 2023. SpaceX, today a Starlink (Internet service from space) has just gone on its mission and has successfully reached low earth orbit in 53 different “starlink“He took another satellite. With this task, the company He managed to leave behind the 200th successful mission in its history.. The company completed the year 2022 with a total of 61 different successful missions. The company, which is expected to exceed this number in 2023, continues to change the perspective of space and make space much more accessible. SpaceX, in a small statement made specifically for the 200th mission, stated that reusability is behind their ability to reach this number. The company’s Falcon 9 rockets can be used in multiple missions, thus shortening the duty intervals and reducing the costs significantly. Because a rocket is not only used on one mission and dropped into the sea or land. The congratulatory message from CEO Elon Musk on the success of his 200th mission was as follows.
Congrats Falcon & Starlink teams! https://t.co/J5s7zLqRDf
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 2, 2023
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Prior to that, the company had attracted attention with the first Falcon Heavy mission of 2023. First test take off February 6, 2018 The most powerful rocket model in active duty Falcon Heavy, On its second takeoff in 2019 It was the first time he was put on a commercial mission. After that, in November 2022 with the rocket, which was not used for a long time. USSF-44 took off as part of the mission. Last month, with a very powerful rocket, it went smoothly. USSF-67 assignment was signed. Falcon Heavy, It will be used in other missions in the future. For example, NASA last yearclipper” to send the spacecraft on the mission to Europa, the smallest of the four Galilean moons orbiting Jupiter. Falcon HeavyHe stated he would use it. With SpaceX for this $178 million NASA has signed a contract if your mission isn’t a problem. 2024 announced in the year. Carrying 27 Merlin 1D engines in its body heavybasically puts three Falcon 9s together. The rocket, which is the most powerful of today with 5 million pounds of thrust produced on takeoff, is of great importance for the future of the company.