At 14:35 PM EST on Wednesday, a Falcon 9 two-stage rocket took off from its base in Cape Canaveral, Florida As part of the transporter 5 mission, SpaceX not only put 59 small satellites into orbit. About 8.5 minutes after the launch, the Falcon 9 first stage rocket was successfully recovered in the No. 1 landing area A representative of space exploration technology said that all payloads were deployed to the planned orbit within about 75 minutes after liftoff.
Picture of May 25, 2022 / Cape Canaveral Air Force Base (from SpaceX)
Space. Com reported that transporter 5 is a "carpool" mission based on Falcon 9 recoverable launch vehicle, which aims to launch various small satellites for many different customers.
These include Canada based ghgsat, which operates a network of spacecraft designed to detect methane emissions in orbit. All three of its spacecraft took off successfully on the same day's launch mission.
In addition, there is the CubeSat proximity operations demonstration (CPOD) of Terran orbital Corporation.
A representative of the company said: this technology demonstration mission aims to verify the technology required to support rendezvous, close range operation, docking (rpoD), maintenance and formation through a pair of identical 3U cube satellites using off the shelf low-cost delivery vehicles.
Transporter 5 - SpaceX launched 59 small satellites（via）
It is reported that transporter 5 is the fifth small satellite "carpool" launch mission organized by SpaceX, and has set a record of carrying the most payload at a single time.
As for the first transporter 1 mission in January 2021, 143 small satellites were launched into orbit.
In addition, transporter 5 is also the 22nd launch of Falcon 9 rocket this year (a total of 155th launch), and the rocket ran the eighth stage - previous missions included two manned launches (to the International Space Station) and transporter 4 mission last month.