SpaceX Globalstar FM15 Mission Launch

SpaceX Globalstar FM15 Mission Launch

Congratulations to SpaceX on 3 successful launches from 3 SpaceX launchpads in less than 37 hours! 

SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket in the early hours of Sunday morning, June 19, 2022. Liftoff occurred at 12:27 AM EDT (04:27 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 40 of the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, with the rocket’s official mission being the deployment of a single replacement satellite for communications operator Globalstar. The Globalstar-2 FM15 spacecraft was manufactured by Thales Alenia Space as part of Globalstar’s second-generation constellation of low Earth orbit (LEO) communications satellites.

Image Credit: SpaceX

Caption Credit: NASASpaceflight.com

Release Date: June 19, 2022

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