After a seemingly rare five-day break for Thanksgiving, SpaceX jumped right back into it with a launch of 23 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

보기 드물게 추수감사절을 맞아 5일간의 휴식을 취한 후 SpaceX는 플로리다주 케이프커내버럴 우주군 기지에 있는 우주발사단지 40에서 지구 저궤도로 23개의 스타링크 위성을 발사하면서 곧바로 다시 뛰어들었습니다.

Launching at 11:20 pm ET (04:20 UTC), the Falcon 9 launched to the Southeast and inserted into a 43-degree orbital inclination. This is Group 6-30, and over the next couple of months, the satellites will undergo checkouts and raise their orbits as they become fully operational.

ET 기준 오후 11시 20분(UTC 04:20)에 발사된 Falcon 9는 남동쪽으로 발사되어 43도 궤도 경사로 삽입되었습니다. 이것은 그룹 6-30이며 앞으로 몇 달 동안 위성은 점검을 거쳐 완전히 작동하게 되면 궤도를 올릴 것입니다.

The 23 Starlink satellites were deployed just over an hour after launch. These 23 satellites are the V2 mini variant that uses argon Hall thrusters for better maneuvering in orbit and the ability to handle four times more bandwidth than the previous V1.5 Starlink.

Previously SpaceX was only launching 22 at a time from Florida, but recently they have been able to add one more as they fine-tune the performance of the Falcon 9. The V2 mini Starlink variant weighs in at 800 kg ( 1,800 lbs), whereas the V1.5 satellites weigh just ~306 kg (675 lbs).

This was the 87th orbital mission and the 83rd of the year for the Falcon 9. SpaceX could still hit 100 launches this year as long as no unexpected delays occur, but it will be very close.

This was the 17th flight for this Falcon 9, Booster 1062, which had previously launched 9 Starlink missions, 8 astronauts on the Inspiration 4 and Axiom 1 missions, 2 communications satellites, 2 GPS III satellites, and the OneWeb internet satellite constellation that carried 40 satellites to orbit.

이는 이전에 9개의 Starlink 임무, Inspiration 4 및 Axiom 1 임무에 8명의 우주 비행사, 2개의 통신 위성, 2개의 GPS III 위성 및 40개의 OneWeb 인터넷 위성 별자리를 발사한 이 Falcon 9, Booster 1062의 17번째 비행이었습니다. 궤도에 오르는 위성.

B1062 successfully landed on the droneship Just Read the Instructions just over eight and half minutes after liftoff, and fairing recovery vessel Bob will attempt to retrieve the fairing halves a bit further downrange before returning to Port Canaveral and eventual refurbishment.

Next up for SpaceX will be a Falcon 9 launch from California no earlier than December 1st with a reconnaissance satellite for South Korea. This launch will feature a return to the landing site following its mid-morning launch.

SpaceX의 다음 단계는 한국을 위한 정찰 위성과 함께 12월 1일 이전에 캘리포니아에서 Falcon 9를 발사하는 것입니다. 이번 발사에서는 오전 중반 발사 후 착륙 지점으로 돌아가는 기능이 포함됩니다.