{"id":115264,"date":"2024-10-17T18:00:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T11:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115264"},"modified":"2024-10-17T18:00:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T11:00:54","slug":"spacex-blasts-past-100-launches-in-2024-with-101st-from-california-silicon-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115264","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX blasts past 100 launches in 2024 with 101st from California \u2013 Silicon Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2024\/10\/13\/in-an-engineering-feat-mechanical-spacex-arms-catch-starship-rocket-booster-back-at-the-launch-pad\/\">Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX<\/a> does a lot of heavy lifting \u2014 and it\u2019s hard to believe that the aerospace giant has already launched more that 100 rockets this year alone.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX launched twice early Tuesday, Oct. 15 \u2014 first in Florida and then in California. The Florida launch \u2014 SpaceX\u2019s rocket No. 100 for the year \u2014 took place at 2:10 a.m. Eastern time (11:10 p.m. Pacific) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, followed 2 hours and 11 minutes later by the California launch of rocket No. 101 at 1:21 a.m. Pacific time from Vandenberg Space Force Base near Lompoc.<\/p>\n<p>Both launches were of Falcon 9 rockets, and both first stage boosters returned safely to Earth.<\/p>\n<p>[]<\/p>\n<p><aside class=\"related left\"\/>The payload for both missions consisted of Starlink satellites, with 23 heading into orbit from Florida and 20 from California. In the California mission, 13 of the 20 satellites include what Hawthorne-based SpaceX calls \u201cdirect to cell capabilities,\u201d which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.starlink.com\/business\/direct-to-cell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">allows customers to use the satellites with standard cell phones<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH THE LAUNCH:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SpaceX\/status\/1846102654990336462\">SpaceX\u2019s 101st launch of 2024 from Vandenberg Space Force Base<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The two launches capped off a successful week for SpaceX:<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 A Falcon Heavy rocket <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2024\/10\/14\/spacex-falcon-heavy-launch-today-to-send-nasa-probe-to-explore-jupiters-ocean-moon-europa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">carrying NASA\u2019s Europa Clipper probe<\/a> \u2014 headed to Jupiter\u2019s ice-covered moon Europa \u2014 took off Monday, Oct. 14<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2024\/10\/13\/in-an-engineering-feat-mechanical-spacex-arms-catch-starship-rocket-booster-back-at-the-launch-pad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Starship rocket<\/a> made a successful test flight Sunday, Oct. 13<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.siliconvalley.com\/2024\/10\/16\/spacex-blasts-past-100-launches-in-2024-with-101st-from-california\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX does a lot of heavy lifting \u2014 and it\u2019s hard to believe that the aerospace giant has already launched more that 100 rockets this year alone. 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