SpaceX launched a rocket with a monthly machine from Israel
KIEV. 22 Feb. UNN. The company SpaceX Elon musk held a successful launch of the carrier rocket Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral. She launched into space Indonesian communication satellite Nusantara Satu monthly and the Israeli apparatus of Beresheet. Stream run was conducted on the company’s website, reports UNN.
The first stage of the rocket successfully landed on offshore platform. Meanwhile, the second step was taken in the space of both devices. The first was deployed, the probe is “Bereshit”, which started an independent flight to the moon. After this was launched on the Indonesian satellite.
“The successful separation (apparatus from the second stage) is confirmed. The lunar model of SpaceIL began a two-month journey to the moon” — said in Twitter, the company. At the time of its broadcast because of the bright light of the sun the moment of separation was clearly visible in contrast to the personnel held after the conclusion of a communications satellite.
“The successful conclusion Nusantara Satu in geosynchronous orbit, the transient is confirmed. 70-I mission SpaceX completed”, — summed up the American company.
The American company managed this time to ensure a vertical descent of the spent first stage of the Falcon 9. After separation of the first stage of the rocket, performing the role of the booster, made a planned soft landing on a remotely operated platform in the Atlantic ocean off the coast of Florida. Because of the darkness the company was able to show the entire descent stage, and only the final stage.
Probe “Bereshit” was developed by a private Israeli company Spaceil. The objective of the unit — participation in the competition for the prize of the innovation Fund X-Prize and Google. The start of the contest Google Lunar X PRIZE was announced in 2007. The winner will be the first team which will create and send to the moon a lunar Rover that will be able to make a soft landing on the satellite to travel at least 500 meters and transmit to Earth images of the surface of the moon. Google and X-Prize, explained that the contest aims to stimulate the development of private space exploration. The first prize was 20 million dollars.
As a reminder, the Japanese probe made a successful landing on the asteroid Ryugu.