Elon Musk's SpaceX Resumes Big, Launches Three Starlink Missions Over Weekend, Placing 67 Satellites In Low Earth Orbit
Elon Musk's SpaceX Resumes Big, Launches Three Starlink Missions Over Weekend, Placing 67 Satellites In Low Earth Orbit
Elon Musk's SpaceX resumed launch activities over the weekend after a two-week-long pause with three back-to-back Starlink mission launches.
埃隆·马斯克的SpaceX在两周的暂停后于周末恢复了发射活动，进行了三次接连的Starlink任务发射。
What Happened: SpaceX launched three back-to-back Starlink missions on Saturday and Sunday, taking 67 Starlink satellites in total to low-Earth orbit. While two of the missions were launched from Florida, the third was launched from California.
发生了什么：SpaceX在周六和周日连续发射了三次Starlink任务，总共将67颗Starlink卫星送入了近地轨道。虽然其中两次发射是从佛罗里达州进行的，但第三次是从加利福尼亚州发射的。
The three launches come after a two-week-long pause.
这三次发射是在两周的暂停之后进行的。
SpaceX launched Falcon 9 with 20 Starlink satellites from California on July 11. However, the Starlink satellites were deployed in a lower-than-intended orbit owing to an issue with the rocket's second-stage engine. The company's launch operations have been on hold since.
SpaceX于7月11日从加利福尼亚州发射了Falcon 9和20颗Starlink卫星。然而，由于火箭第二级发动机存在问题，Starlink卫星被投放入了比预期更低的轨道。此后，该公司的发射操作一直处于停顿状态。
The resumption follows an investigation by the company into the root cause of the mishap with oversight from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Necessary design changes have also been deployed to prevent a recurrence of the issue, SpaceX said last week.
恢复发射是在公司对事件进行调查并接受联邦航空管理局（FAA）的监督之后进行的。SpaceX上周表示，已实施必要的设计更改以防止此类问题再次发生。
Musk Rejoices: "Back in the saddle!" SpaceX CEO Musk wrote on X after Saturday's launch.
马斯克喜悦地说：“这次又回来了！” SpaceX首席执行官马斯克在周六发射后写道。
Back in the saddle!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 27, 2024
这次又回来了！
—埃隆·马斯克（@elonmusk）2024年7月27日
The CEO also congratulated the team at SpaceX on Sunday for the three successful back-to-back launches.
CEO还在周日祝贺了SpaceX团队连续三次成功的发射。
Congrats to the @SpaceX Falcon team on completing 3 successful launches this weekend!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 28, 2024
祝贺@SpaceX“猎鹰”团队完成了本周末的三次成功发射！
—埃隆·马斯克（@elonmusk）2024年7月28日
Why It Matters: SpaceX completed 67 missions using its Falcon launch vehicles as of the end of the second quarter, with its Falcon 9 workhorse alone accounting for 66 launches. The company is looking to launch 144 times in 2024, averaging twelve times per month.
为什么重要：截至二季度末，SpaceX已使用猎鹰系列运载火箭完成了67次任务，其中猎鹰9号单独完成了66次发射。公司计划在2024年进行144次发射，平均每月12次。
With the three launches over the weekend, SpaceX has completed six missions in July.
在周末的三次发射后，SpaceX在7月份完成了6次任务。
Starlink is the satellite internet segment of Musk's SpaceX. It achieved a breakeven cash flow in November.
Starlink是马斯克的SpaceX公司的卫星互联网业务，它在11月份实现了盈亏平衡。