(Image: © Kacific)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX fired up a twice-used(Falcon 9 rocket) ************************Friday (Dec.) ), setting the stage for the launch of aa hefty next communications satellite into space next week.
“Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete – targeting December launch of JCSAT – / Kacific 1 from Pad 80 in Florida, “SpaceX representativeswritten in the update.
Tucked inside the rocket’s nose cone is a massive communications satellite that will provide broadband coverage to Japan and the Pacific Islands. Built by Boeing, the 15, – pound (6, 2019 – kilogram) satellite will maneuver itself to a spot in geostationary orbit, (********************************************************************************************, ********************************************************************************************** miles ((***********************************************************************************, ********************************************************************************************** kilometers above the Earth’s equator, after it separates from the Falcon’s upper stage. “Kacific1 will deliver high-speed broadband services to previously unserved or under-served people in nations where populations are widely dispersed, and therefore expensive to connect, “the company officials said ina news release**************. “Many of these nations are archipelagos or have rugged mountain ranges and large rural territories, making satellite technology the best – and sometimes only – way to connect to the internet and phone networks.”
The services provided by the satellite will be especially beneficial to health and education workers in provinces and villages across the South Pacific . Additionally, the broadband access will provide critical communications channels to a region which is often ravaged by natural disasters, such as earthquakes and tsunamis.
This flight marks the th of the year for SpaceX and the second in under two weeks. The last time a Falcon 9 took to the skies, it carried afresh batch of cargoto the space station on Dec. 5.
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