{"id":1779497,"date":"2022-12-18T16:47:52","date_gmt":"2022-12-18T21:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1779497"},"modified":"2022-12-18T16:47:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T21:47:55","slug":"spacex-launches-record-setting-mission-sends-54-starlink-satellites-into-orbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spacex-launches-record-setting-mission-sends-54-starlink-satellites-into-orbit\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX Launches Record-Setting Mission, Sends 54 Starlink Satellites Into Orbit"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fspacex-launches-record-setting-mission-sends-54-starlink-satellites-into-orbit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1779497&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/spacex\">SpaceX<\/a> Falcon 9 rocket conducted its record-setting 15th mission on Saturday, further extending the company\u2019s record for reusable rocket missions.<\/p>\n<p>The launch of Falcon 9 included 54 Starlink internet satellites that lifted off from NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Liftoff! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nOImtbIbpr\">pic.twitter.com\/nOImtbIbpr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpaceX\/status\/1604228215718834176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The rocket\u2019s booster returned to Earth about nine minutes after liftoff, landing aboard a SpaceX droneship off the coast of Florida in the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFalcon 9\u2019s first stage has landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, completing the 15th launch and landing of this booster!\u201d SpaceX tweeted.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Falcon 9\u2019s first stage has landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, completing the 15th launch and landing of this booster! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0AXCXTSPRb\">pic.twitter.com\/0AXCXTSPRb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpaceX\/status\/1604231025311129600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over four dozen Starlink satellites were released into orbit about 15 minutes after launch. SpaceX leader Elon Musk stated that the successful mission marked three perfect orbital launches in 36 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Starlink has more than 3,500 satellites in orbit to date, with plans to add up to 30,000 total. The launch was also part of a busy period that experienced three SpaceX launches in less than three days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongrats to SpaceX Team on 3 perfect orbital launches within 36 hours!!!\u201d Musk tweeted.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congrats to SpaceX Team on 3 perfect orbital launches within 36 hours!!!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1604234568814546945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Falcon 9 launched NASA\u2019s SWOT water-watching satellite from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission to low-Earth orbit is \u201can internationally developed mission to conduct the first global survey of Earth\u2019s surface water,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacex.com\/launches\/mission\/?missionId=SWOT-pl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> the mission description from SpaceX.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt aims to provide a new understanding of the ocean\u2019s role in climate change and improve the data humanity relies upon for fresh water management,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>The SWOT satellite will undergo calibration and testing with plans to start collecting data in about six months in its mission to measure the world\u2019s bodies of water.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWarming seas, extreme weather, more severe wildfires \u2013 these are only some of the consequences humanity is facing due to climate change,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-launches-international-mission-to-survey-earth-s-water\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. \u201cThe climate crisis requires an all-hands-on-deck approach, and SWOT is the realization of a long-standing international partnership that will ultimately better equip communities so that they can face these challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Friday mission from Cape Canaveral also sent two European telecom satellites into orbit.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Watch Falcon 9 launch the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SES_Satellites?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SES_Satellites<\/a> O3b mPOWER mission to orbit \u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bJFjLCzWdK\">https:\/\/t.co\/bJFjLCzWdK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SqeA1SSTsu\">https:\/\/t.co\/SqeA1SSTsu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpaceX\/status\/1603881621706244096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The continued efforts by Starlink seek to provide high-speed, low-latency broadband internet in remote and rural locations worldwide. The company made global headlines earlier this year when Musk provided Starlink services to Ukraine after the nation was invaded by Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Two days after the Kremlin\u2019s invasion began,\u00a0Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Digital Mykhailo Fedorov called on SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to provide Starlink internet service to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c@elonmusk, while you try to colonize Mars \u2014 Russia try to occupy Ukraine! While your rockets successfully land from space \u2014 Russian rockets attack Ukrainian civil people! We ask you to provide Ukraine with Starlink stations and to address sane Russians to stand,\u201d Fedorov tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Hours later, Musk personally responded to the request.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStarlink service is now active in Ukraine. More terminals en route,\u201d Musk wrote.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Starlink service is now active in Ukraine. More terminals en route.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1497701484003213317?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-russia-missile-strikes-hit-key-ukrainian-television-tower\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>, Musk also made Starlink services available in Iran after protests led to its government blocking the internet in September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket conducted its record-setting 15th mission on Saturday, further extending the company\u2019s record for reusable rocket missions. The launch of Falcon 9 included 54 Starlink internet satellites that lifted off from NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida Saturday afternoon. Liftoff! pic.twitter.com\/nOImtbIbpr \u2014 SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 17, 2022 The rocket\u2019s booster returned &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":1779500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[6202,5989,7877,10112,10113,10110,5774,4844,10111,6195],"class_list":["post-1779497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-daily","tag-launches","tag-mission","tag-orbit","tag-record-setting","tag-satellites","tag-sends","tag-spacex","tag-starlink","tag-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1779497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1779497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1779497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1779500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1779497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1779497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1779497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}