{"id":138334,"date":"2024-12-18T08:09:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T01:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138334"},"modified":"2024-12-18T08:09:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T01:09:51","slug":"spacex-launches-2-mpower-satellites-from-florida-on-2nd-leg-of-spaceflight-doubleheader-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138334","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX launches 2 mPOWER satellites from Florida on 2nd leg of spaceflight doubleheader (video)"},"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 id=\"article-body\">\n<p>SpaceX launched two communication satellites from Florida&#8217;s Space Coast today (Dec. 17) on the second leg of a spaceflight doubleheader.<\/p>\n<p>A <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/18962-spacex-falcon-9.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/18962-spacex-falcon-9.html\">Falcon 9<\/a> rocket lifted off from NASA&#8217;s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/17705-nasa-kennedy-space-center.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/17705-nasa-kennedy-space-center.html\">Kennedy Space Center<\/a> today at 5:26 p.m. EDT (2226 GMT), carrying the O3b mPOWER 7 and 8 satellites toward medium Earth orbit (MEO), about 5,000 miles (8,000 kilometers) above our planet.<\/p>\n<p>The Falcon 9&#8217;s first stage came back to Earth for a touchdown on the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/18853-spacex.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/18853-spacex.html\">SpaceX<\/a> droneship &#8220;Just Read the Instructions&#8221; about 8.5 minutes after launch today as planned. It was the first-ever liftoff and landing for this particular booster, according to a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spacex.com\/launches\/mission\/?missionId=SES-O3b-mPOWER-e\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.spacex.com\/launches\/mission\/?missionId=SES-O3b-mPOWER-e\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\">SpaceX mission description<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:1963px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.24%;\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rsGyaJVUtnh8h26ryJeHs8-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rsGyaJVUtnh8h26ryJeHs8-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rsGyaJVUtnh8h26ryJeHs8-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rsGyaJVUtnh8h26ryJeHs8-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rsGyaJVUtnh8h26ryJeHs8-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rsGyaJVUtnh8h26ryJeHs8-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"a black and white rocket launches into a cloudy sky\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rsGyaJVUtnh8h26ryJeHs8-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rsGyaJVUtnh8h26ryJeHs8-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rsGyaJVUtnh8h26ryJeHs8-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rsGyaJVUtnh8h26ryJeHs8-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rsGyaJVUtnh8h26ryJeHs8-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rsGyaJVUtnh8h26ryJeHs8-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rsGyaJVUtnh8h26ryJeHs8.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rsGyaJVUtnh8h26ryJeHs8.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the O3b mPOWER 7 &amp; 8 satellites for the Luxembourg-based company SES from NASA&#8217;s Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 17, 2024. <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: SpaceX)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The rocket&#8217;s upper stage, meanwhile, continued carrying the two satellites to orbit. It will deploy the first one about 113 minutes after launch and the second seven minutes later.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest\" data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\"\/>\n<p><strong>Related: <\/strong><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-falcon-9-launch-o3b-mpower-5-6-nov-2023\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-falcon-9-launch-o3b-mpower-5-6-nov-2023\"><strong>SpaceX launches O3b mPOWER communication satellites on its 84th mission of 2023<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>O3b mPOWER is a MEO communications constellation operated by the Luxembourg-based company SES. It currently consists of six <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/24839-satellites.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/24839-satellites.html\">satellites<\/a>, which reached orbit on three Falcon 9 missions that flew between December 2022 and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-falcon-9-launch-o3b-mpower-5-6-nov-2023\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-falcon-9-launch-o3b-mpower-5-6-nov-2023\">November 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The network is operational now, but it will keep growing to a total of 11 satellites, all of which will leave Earth atop Falcon 9 rockets. The spacecraft are built by Boeing and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/space.skyrocket.de\/doc_sdat\/o3b-mpower1.htm\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/space.skyrocket.de\/doc_sdat\/o3b-mpower1.htm\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\">weigh about 3,750 pounds<\/a> (1,700 kilograms) apiece.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-L4SKMNRDV5SiTbxkdvTKRk\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-L4SKMNRDV5SiTbxkdvTKRk slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:2000px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/wNaLCJtRSK2xsTYZNyU4sf-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/wNaLCJtRSK2xsTYZNyU4sf-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/wNaLCJtRSK2xsTYZNyU4sf-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/wNaLCJtRSK2xsTYZNyU4sf-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/wNaLCJtRSK2xsTYZNyU4sf-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/wNaLCJtRSK2xsTYZNyU4sf-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"two photos of a rocket resting on the deck of a ship at night, one (at left) from the top of the rocket and one (at right) a side view\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/wNaLCJtRSK2xsTYZNyU4sf-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/wNaLCJtRSK2xsTYZNyU4sf-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/wNaLCJtRSK2xsTYZNyU4sf-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/wNaLCJtRSK2xsTYZNyU4sf-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/wNaLCJtRSK2xsTYZNyU4sf-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/wNaLCJtRSK2xsTYZNyU4sf-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/wNaLCJtRSK2xsTYZNyU4sf.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/wNaLCJtRSK2xsTYZNyU4sf.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">The first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rests on a drone ship shortly after launching the O3B mPOWER 7 &amp; 8 satellites on Dec. 17, 2024. <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: SpaceX)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The mPOWER launch was SpaceX&#8217;s second of the day. Another Falcon 9, flying from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California this morning, lofted the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/launches-spacecraft\/spacex-launching-6th-batch-of-next-gen-us-spy-satellites-from-california-today\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/launches-spacecraft\/spacex-launching-6th-batch-of-next-gen-us-spy-satellites-from-california-today\">NROL-149 mission<\/a> for the U.S. National Reconnaissance agency.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX has launched more than 120 Falcon 9 missions in 2024 so far. The vast majority of them \u2014 nearly 70% \u2014 have been devoted to assembling the company&#8217;s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-starlink-satellites.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-starlink-satellites.html\">Starlink<\/a> broadband network in low Earth orbit.<\/p>\n<p>The Starlink megaconstellation currently consists of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/planet4589.org\/space\/con\/star\/stats.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/planet4589.org\/space\/con\/star\/stats.html\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\">more than 6,800<\/a> operational satellites and could eventually harbor 40,000 spacecraft.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Editor&#8217;s note: <\/strong><\/em><em>This story was updated at 5:45 p.m. ET on Dec. 17 with news of successful launch and rocket landing.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/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.space.com\/space-exploration\/launches-spacecraft\/spacex-launch-2-mpower-communication-satellites-from-florida\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX launched two communication satellites from Florida&#8217;s Space Coast today (Dec. 17) on the second leg of a spaceflight doubleheader. 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