Elon Musk's SpaceX Meets Its July Launch Numbers Halfway Through August With Back-To-Back Launch Missions
Elon Musk's SpaceX Meets Its July Launch Numbers Halfway Through August With Back-To-Back Launch Missions
Elon Musk's SpaceX launched three back-to-back missions to outer space from Saturday to Monday, in a bid to make up for the slowdown in launch activities in July.
埃隆·馬斯克的spacex從週六到週一連續發射了三個外太空任務，旨在彌補七月份發射活動的減緩。
What Happened: The company launched 21 Starlink satellites on Saturday, the Space Norway Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission mission (ASBM) on Sunday and another 23 Starlink satellites on Monday, marking three consecutive days of launches.
發射21顆星鏈衛星在週六，週日發射挪威太空極地寬帶任務，週一發射23顆星鏈衛星，標誌着連續三天的發射。
SpaceX has completed six launches thus far in August, with more than half of the month still ahead. The company launched only six times throughout July, owing to a two-week pause in operations mid-month.
spacex在八月份已經完成了六次發射，月份的一半還沒過。spacex在七月份只進行了六次發射，由於月中停運兩週。
SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket 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 Starlink satellites were demised and the company's launch operations were subsequently placed on hold until July 27.
spacex於7月11日從加利福尼亞州發射了其獵鷹9號火箭，搭載20顆星鏈衛星。然而，由於火箭第二級發動機的問題，星鏈衛星在低於預期的軌道上部署。星鏈衛星失效，公司的發射操作隨後被暫停直到7月27日。
The resumption of activities followed an investigation by the company into the root cause of the mishap with oversight from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the deployment of necessary design changes.
活動的恢復是在公司對事故原因進行調查並在聯邦航空管理局（FAA）的監督下進行必要設計變更後進行的。
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.
爲什麼重要：截至二季度末，SpaceX已使用獵鷹系列運載火箭完成了67次任務，其中獵鷹9號單獨完成了66次發射。公司計劃在2024年進行144次發射，平均每月12次。
For the entirety of 2023, SpaceX completed 96 launches, marking a 57% year-on-year increase, not including two Starship test flights. The company's launch numbers have been steadily increasing, with 26 launches in 2020, 31 in 2021, and 61 in 2022.
2023年全年，spacex完成了96次發射，同比增長57%，不包括兩次星艦試飛。公司的發射次數一直在穩步增加，2020年26次發射，2021年31次發射，2022年61次發射。
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