SpaceX launches the second commercial satellite

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in Florida (USA) on January 6, successfully putting a Thai telecommunications satellite into the high orbit of the Left. land.

According to Reuters, missiles of more than 68 meters have left the coastal launch pad at 17: 6 minutes on January 6 (local time, ie 5: 6 am on January 7, Vietnam time). The rocket has put satellites into orbit with a height of more than 88,500km, a quarter of the distance from Earth to the moon.

Then, according to the expected Thaicom 6 satellite , worth over US $ 160 million, will slowly lower to enter its operating trajectory of nearly 36,000km, to provide high-definition television service for customers in Southeast Asia and parts of Africa.

A Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in Florida (USA) - (Photo: Reuters)

It is known that this is SpaceX's second commercial satellite launch in a month.

In December, the California-based company owned by internet billionaire Elon Musk entered the market to launch a commercial satellite worth more than $ 190 billion a year when successfully launching a satellite into orbit. , according to AFP.

SpaceX's attempts to help them participate in the Pentagon's massive military satellite missions, currently reserved for the United Launch Alliance, a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and Boeing.

Both of these latest launches use an improved version of the Falcon 9 rocket. And SpaceX needs three successful satellite launches to qualify for the Pentagon.

SpaceX's next mission, which will take place in late February, will be the third commercial flight of the Dragon transport spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) to supply cargo to the station, under a contract of value. $ 1.6 billion that SpaceX signed with the US Space and Aeronautics Agency (NASA) for 12 trips to ISS.

So far, Falcon 9 missiles have taken eight takeoffs and all have been successful. In the coming time, SpaceX intends to implement the launch of manned spacecraft to ISS.