SpaceX, the space transportation company founded by billionaire businessman Elon Musk, has successfully completed the “Transporter-18” mission, a private joint launch initiative. According to the statement made by the company, the Falcon-9 rocket, carrying 130 payloads, including cubesats, microsatellites, 2 spacecraft capable of re-entering the atmosphere and 4 orbital transfer vehicles, was launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 11:32 local time. The Falcon-9 rocket’s first stage booster made a safe vertical landing in the base’s “Landing Zone 4” approximately 7.5 minutes after launch. With the last mission, the number of payloads sent into orbit by SpaceX within the scope of the joint launch program has exceeded 1,800.
Lerato Khumalo
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