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Posted: July 23, 2018 15:45:46
SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket carrying the payload of Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida at 1:50 local time. (Image Source: Bloomberg)
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. launched a satellite for the Telstar customer early Sunday, marking the 13th year launch for the closed company run by Elon Musk.
SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket Space Launch Complex 40 payload in Florida at 1:50 am local time. The satellite was deployed about 32 minutes after takeoff and the first stage of the rocket then landed on the droneship "Of course, I still love you" in the Atlantic Ocean, the company said on its website. The Telstar 19 VANTAGE satellite will maintain a geosynchronous orbit and enter commercial operation once its in-orbit tests are complete. Once approved, Telstar 19 VANTAGE will be used for a variety of communication purposes in northern Canada, the North Atlantic, the Caribbean and South America.
Also read: SpaceX Dragon carrying an AI robot reaches the space station [19659006] SpaceX is targeting about 30 missions this year, compared to 18 in 2017. The value of the company based in Hawthorne, California, s & # It raises to about $ 25 billion, making it the third start-up in the US after Uber Technologies. Inc. and Airbnb Inc. SpaceX currently holds a lease for the Cape Canaveral launch site, under an agreement with NASA, which allows it to operate commercial and government launches. Elon Musk is CEO of SpaceX as well as Tesla Inc, the maker of electric cars.
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