On Sunday, March 1 company SpaceX brought into space just two commercial communications satellite using a rocket Falcon 9. Apparatus owned companies Eutelsat and Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS), their simultaneous launch was made possible thanks to the lightweight construction vehicles: Boeing, which became a manufacturer of both satellites, has equipped them with electric ion engines, which reduced the weight of each of them up to two tons. This is considerably less than the satellites with chemical engines equipped with fuel tanks.
According to Forbes , the Falcon 9 rocket launched from Air Force base at Cape Canaveral, Florida at 22:50 local time (6:50 Moscow time Monday). In this case, SpaceX did not feel system to return to Earth the first stage of the launch vehicle. According to company founder Elon Musk, a closer startup, which is scheduled for March 21, it will not be scanned: a test postponed for later launch.
Max also said that the next generation of the Falcon 9 will be enhanced to improve the performance of the launch vehicle for reuse.
According to Tass, new devices Eutelsat and ABS will last at least 15 years and will provide a link consumers in North and South America, Europe, Middle East and Africa. About half an hour after the launch of the satellites in turn undocked from the launch vehicle and began maneuvering. A few months later they reached the target orbit height of almost 36 thousand km. Then specialists will test apparatus and if it goes well, they took over the service.
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