A Falcon 9 rock climbs above Florida’s Space Coast on the Starlink 6-48 mission on April 10, 2024. Image: Spaceflight Now

2024 年 4 月 10 日，執行星鏈 6-48 任務的獵鷹 9 號岩石攀登佛羅裡達州太空海岸上空。圖片來源：Spaceflight Now

Update 1:58 a.m. EDT: SpaceX launched the Starlink 6-48 mission.

美國東部時間上午 1:58 更新：SpaceX 發射了 Starlink 6-48 任務。

SpaceX launched its latest batch of Starlink satellites during a mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The Falcon 9 flight was the company’s 24th dedicated Starlink launch in 2024.

SpaceX 在卡納維爾角太空部隊站執行任務期間發射了最新一批星鏈衛星。 Falcon 9 號飛行是該公司 2024 年第 24 次專用星鏈發射。

Liftoff of the Starlink 6-48 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened at 1:40 a.m. EDT (0540 UTC).

星鏈 6-48 任務於美國東部時間凌晨 1 點 40 分（世界標準時間 0540）從卡納維爾角太空部隊站 40 號航太發射場升空。

The Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, tail number B1083 in the SpaceX fleet, will be launching for a second time. Its first flight supported the launch of the Crew-8 astronaut mission to the International Space Station on March 3, 2024.

支援此任務的獵鷹 9 號第一級助推器（尾號為 SpaceX 的 B1083）將進行第二次發射。它的首次飛行支援了 2024 年 3 月 3 日向國際太空站發射 Crew-8 太空人任務。

About 8.5 minutes after liftoff, B1083 landed on the SpaceX droneship, ‘Just Read the Instructions.’ This marked the 77th landing on JRTI and the 295th booster landing to date.

升空後約 8.5 分鐘，B1083 降落在 SpaceX 無人機「Just Read the instructions」上。這標誌著 JRTI 的第 77 次著陸，也是迄今為止助推器的第 295 次著陸。

According to astronomer and expert spacecraft tracker, Jonathan McDowell, as of Apr. 7 there were 5,765 Starlink satellites in low Earth orbit. The midnight mission added another 23 satellites to that running total. With the addition of Albania this week, SpaceX’s Starlink internet service is now available in 74 countries.

據天文學家兼太空船追蹤專家喬納森·麥克道爾 (Jonathan McDowell) 稱，截至 4 月 7 日，近地軌道上共有 5,765 顆星鏈衛星。此次午夜任務又增加了 23 顆衛星。隨著本週阿爾巴尼亞的加入，SpaceX 的 Starlink 網路服務現已在 74 個國家提供。

During the 39th Annual Space Symposium being hosted in Colorado, space habitation company Vast further strengthened its ties to SpaceX by announcing that its forthcoming commercial space station, Haven-1, will be outfitted with Starlink internet service.

在科羅拉多州舉辦的第 39 屆年度太空研討會上，太空居住公司 Vast 進一步加強了與 SpaceX 的聯繫，宣布其即將建成的商業太空站 Haven-1 將配備 Starlink 網路服務。

“If you need to provide high-speed, low-latency, continuous internet connectivity on a space station in orbit in 2025, SpaceX Starlink is the only option,” said Max Haot, Vast’s CEO in a statement. “We expect their network and technology leading position to continue and accelerate over time, which is why we are excited to have the chance to partner with SpaceX on deploying their first laser connectivity for a space station.”

Vast 執行長 Max Haot 在聲明中表示：“如果您需要在 2025 年在軌道空間站上提供高速、低延遲、連續的互聯網連接，SpaceX Starlink 是唯一的選擇。” “我們預計他們的網路和技術領先地位將隨著時間的推移而持續並加速，這就是為什麼我們很高興有機會與 SpaceX 合作，為太空站部署他們的第一個雷射連接。”

The Starlink service will go beyond Haven-1 to include “future Vast platforms… which the company plans to bid for in NASA’s upcoming commercial low Earth orbit destinations competition.”

Starlink 服務將超越 Haven-1，包括「未來的 Vast 平台…該公司計劃在 NASA 即將舉行的商業近地軌道目的地競賽中競標」。

The news comes a year after Vast announced its agreement with SpaceX to fly two astronaut missions to the the Haven-1 space station after its launch aboard a Falcon 9 rocket in 2025.

這項消息發布一年前，Vast 宣布與 SpaceX 達成協議，在 Haven-1 太空站於 2025 年搭載獵鷹 9 號火箭發射後，將執行兩次太空人任務。