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，执行星链 6-48 任务的猎鹰 9 号岩石攀登佛罗里达州太空海岸上空。图片来源：Spaceflight Now

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

美国东部时间上午 1:58 更新：SpaceX 发射了 Starlink 6-48 任务。

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 在卡纳维拉尔角太空部队站执行任务期间发射了最新一批星链卫星。 Falcon 9 号飞行是该公司 2024 年第 24 次专用星链发射。

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).

星链 6-48 任务于美国东部时间凌晨 1 点 40 分（世界标准时间 0540）从卡纳维拉尔角太空部队站 40 号航天发射场升空。

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.

支持此次任务的猎鹰 9 号第一级助推器（尾号为 SpaceX 的 B1083）将进行第二次发射。它的首次飞行支持了 2024 年 3 月 3 日向国际空间站发射 Crew-8 宇航员任务。

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.

升空后约 8.5 分钟，B1083 降落在 SpaceX 无人机“Just Read the instructions”上。这标志着 JRTI 的第 77 次着陆，也是迄今为止助推器的第 295 次着陆。

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.

据天文学家兼航天器跟踪专家乔纳森·麦克道尔 (Jonathan McDowell) 称，截至 4 月 7 日，近地轨道上共有 5,765 颗星链卫星。此次午夜任务又增加了 23 颗卫星。随着本周阿尔巴尼亚的加入，SpaceX 的 Starlink 互联网服务现已在 74 个国家提供。

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.

在科罗拉多州举办的第 39 届年度太空研讨会上，太空居住公司 Vast 进一步加强了与 SpaceX 的联系，宣布其即将建成的商业空间站 Haven-1 将配备 Starlink 互联网服务。

“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 首席执行官 Max Haot 在一份声明中表示：“如果您需要在 2025 年在轨道空间站上提供高速、低延迟、连续的互联网连接，SpaceX Starlink 是唯一的选择。” “我们预计他们的网络和技术领先地位将随着时间的推移而持续并加速，这就是为什么我们很高兴有机会与 SpaceX 合作，为空间站部署他们的第一个激光连接。”

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 服务将超越 Haven-1，包括“未来的 Vast 平台……该公司计划在 NASA 即将举行的商业近地轨道目的地竞赛中竞标”。

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.

这一消息发布一年前，Vast 宣布与 SpaceX 达成协议，在 Haven-1 空间站于 2025 年搭载猎鹰 9 号火箭发射后，将执行两次宇航员任务。