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Roskosmos can only dream of such a workload

Elon Musk's SpaceX is one of the world's busiest launch service providers, actively launching dozens of its own Starlink spacecraft at a time, as well as many commercial launches. Here is a clear demonstration of the workload of SpaceX: just yesterday, the launch of a German reconnaissance spacecraft took place, and today the American telecommunications satellite Globalstar FM15 went into orbit.

The launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida took place at 00:27 ET (07:27 Moscow time). The satellite of the American communications company Globalstar, whose operation life is 15 years, will join the constellation of 24 similar devices launched into low earth orbit in 2013.

The first stage of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle has previously been used in eight launches. Approximately eight minutes after launch, she automatically descended onto the Just Read the Instructions floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean. This technology allows the company to reduce the cost of the next launches.

If we compare the launches of SpaceX and Roskosmos, then the state corporation plans to launch 15-20 rockets with satellites by the end of the year. Obviously, Roskosmos is very far from the workload of SpaceX in the current conditions.

Roskosmos can only dream of such a workload