SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching 2 satellites on record-tying 20th flight today

It will be the 20th mission for this rocket's first stage, tying a record that one Falcon 9 set earlier this month and another oneThe rocket's upper stage, meanwhile, will carry two of Maxar's WorldView Legion satellites to orbit. The first spacecraft will be deployed 13 minutes after launch, and the second will follow suit 3.5 minutes after that.

The WorldView Legion satellites are built by Maxar Space Systems and will be operated by Maxar Intelligence, both of which are divisions of"When all six WorldView Legion satellites are launched, it will triple Maxar Intelligence's capacity to collect 30-centimeter-class and multispectral imagery," Maxar representatives wrote in a

"The full Maxar constellation of 10 electro-optical satellites will image the most rapidly changing areas on Earth as frequently as every 20 to 30 minutes, from sunup to sundown," they added.Starlinkdocking port to another. The maneuver will make room for Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, which will launch to the orbiting lab on May 6.

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SpaceX launching Falcon 9 rocket on record-tying 20th mission todayMichael Wall is a Senior Space Writer with Space.com and joined the team in 2010. He primarily covers exoplanets, spaceflight and military space, but has been known to dabble in the space art beat. His book about the search for alien life, 'Out There,' was published on Nov. 13, 2018.
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