SpaceX’s most powerful operational rocket successfully carried the world’s largest commercial communications satellite into orbit high above Earth.
Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s three-fuselage Falcon Heavy took off with the massive payload at 11:04 p.m. local time on July 29 from the company’s launchpad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The satellite was deployed about three and a half hours after liftoff.
——–
Like this video? Subscribe to Bloomberg Technology on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrM7B7SL_g1edFOnmj-SDKg
Watch the latest full episodes of “Bloomberg Technology” with Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow here: https://tinyurl.com/ycyevxda
Get the latest in tech from Silicon Valley and around the world here:
https://www.bloomberg.com/technology
Connect with us on…
Twitter: https://twitter.com/technology
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BloombergTechnology
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bloombergbusiness/
