Two satellites of the European “Galile” satellite network went into the earth’s orbit with the “Falcon 9” rocket of the “SpaceX” company.
According to RCO News Agency, A “Falcon 9” rocket of the “SpaceX” company (SpaceX) launched two European navigation satellites on the night of September 17 in its 22nd mission and then landed safely.
According to Spacey, The Falcon 9 rocket carrying two satellites for Europe’s “Galileo” satellite network took off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Base in Florida at 18:50 EST.
The Falcon 9 first stage returned safely to Earth as planned and landed on SpaceX’s unmanned floating landing pad about 8.5 minutes after launch. According to SpaceX’s mission description, this was the 22nd flight and landing for the special booster, falling short of the company’s record for reuse.
Meanwhile, the Falcon 9’s upper stage carried two Galileo satellites into intermediate Earth orbit, landing them there about 3.5 hours after launch if all goes according to plan.
The Galileo satellite network, which is equivalent to the GPS system, is located at an altitude of 23,222 km. 32 Galileo satellites have been launched to date, all but four of them have gone into space with Russian-made Soyuz rockets or Europe’s Ariane 5 heavy rocket.
The first two were launched last April aboard a Falcon 9. Europe signed a Galileo launch contract with SpaceX in late 2023 after other options were exhausted. The SpaceX contract covers the launch of up to four Galileo satellites. So, this launch probably fulfilled that.
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