SpaceX plans to launch two Earth-imaging satellites as we speak (Aug. 15), persevering with to construct out the WorldView Legion constellation for Maxar.
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the WorldView Legion 3 and 4 satellites is scheduled to elevate off as we speak from Cape Canaveral House Drive Station in Florida at 9:00 a.m. EDT (1300 GMT).
SpaceX will seemingly livestream the launch reside through its X account, starting about 5 minutes earlier than liftoff.
The WorldView Legion constellation will ultimately encompass six satellites. The primary two are already up, having gotten to orbit aboard a Falcon 9 this previous Could.
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“When all six WorldView Legion satellites are launched, it’ll triple Maxar Intelligence’s capability to gather 30-centimeter-class [12 inches] and multispectral imagery,” Maxar representatives wrote in a description of the network. (Maxar Intelligence is a division of Maxar Applied sciences.)
“The complete Maxar constellation of 10 electro-optical satellites will picture probably the most quickly altering areas on Earth as ceaselessly as each 20 to half-hour, from sunup to sunset,” they added.
In the present day’s launch continues a busy stretch for SpaceX: Elon Musk’s firm has launched three missions up to now 5 days, two of which have been devoted to constructing out its ever-growing Starlink megaconstellation.
SpaceX has launched almost 80 missions already in 2024, greater than 70% of them Starlink flights.
