Launching 13 military satellites into low orbit, billionaire Elon Musk's spacecraft company wants to monitor rocket launches

Spacecraft maker and satellite communications company SpaceX on September 2 launched 13 military satellites into space using a Falcon 9 rocket with the aim of monitoring rocket launches and providing global military communications.

A Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket launched from Kennedy Space Center, delivering Bangladesh's Bangabandhu Satellite-1 into orbit in May 2018. (Source: Wiki)

The launch took place at 7:25 a.m. on September 2 local time (9:25 p.m. the same day Vietnam time) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California (USA).

The constellation of satellites launched into low Earth orbit is part of the Common Warfighting Space Architecture (PWSA) program.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said his company has carried out 61 satellite launches using its Falcon rocket this year, noting that if the next launch scheduled for September 3 (local time) “goes well,” SpaceX will “exceed the number of launches last year.”

Previously, SpaceX had postponed the launch of the Falcon 9 rocket twice due to adverse weather conditions.

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