a SpaceX has released new images of the latest Falcon Heavy missionThat last Sunday night sent three payloads into space. in High-speed re-entry into the atmosphere, more than 15 times the speed of soundthe particles ejected by the missile created a visual effect of intense color, which was captured on video and now shared.
a The Falcon Heavy consists of three Falcon 9 thrustersable to be safely grounded to allow reuse, Two of them have already been used on several missions. a Sunday’s mission included a distant orbiter than usual, which made it difficult to manage fuel for the return trip and caused them to fall into the sea, Digital Trends reports.
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By the way SpaceX says so This was the occasion that he recovered the fairing structures at a greater distanceover 1,200 miles or, as the company compared it, to “almost a third of the way to Africa!”.
One of the payloads that Falcon Heavy sent off last Sunday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida was ViaSat 3 Americas communications satellitethe first of three of a new generation of satellites produced by the same company (through Boeing), to support a satellite internet offering that will compete with Starlink In the Americas from the second half of this year.
a Viasat 3 is a giant weighing 6 tons Which will cost $97 million and will be powered by 16 solar panels.
a Sunday’s flight was the second this year for the Falcon Heavy And the sixth in its history. The next missile mission is scheduled for June. The first happened in 2018, when Taking Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster into space.