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US spacecraft manufacturer SpaceX recently completed two orbital missions four hours apart. In its first mission, it launched a series of 52 Starlink Internet satellites into orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. In the second, SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket carrying two communications satellites, SES-18 and SES-19, from the Cape Canaveral space station in Florida. Also Read: NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 Splashdown: The Four-Person Spacecraft Returns To Earth Both missions were successful according to plan. The Starlink satellites were placed in low-Earth orbit and the telecommunication satellites were placed in geosynchronous transfer orbit, a special position above the earth, approximately 35,700 km from our planet, which allows the satellite to rotate at the rotation speed of the Earth. land.
All 52 Starlink satellites have joined SpaceX's series of its planned large-bandwidth constellation. The company has received permission to place 12,000 of these satellites in low Earth orbit and has applied for permission to deploy an additional 30,000 satellites.
The SES-18 and SES-19 duo will enable digital broadcast coverage in North America and facilitate the deployment of 5G services in the United States.
In accordance with their reuse function, the two Falcon 9 rockets landed after launch on SpaceX drones.
