A Falcon 9 rocket on Saturday (Kiev time) launched into orbit with a group of 51 research mini-satellites as part of the Transporter 7 mission, the carrier company SpaceX said.
The satellite group includes satellites from NASA, U.S. companies and research centers, as well as a number of foreign countries.
The launch took place from the SLC-4E launch pad at U.S. Space Force Base Vandenberg in California on Friday at 23:48 U.S. Pacific Coast Time (Saturday at 09:48 Kiev time).
As part of the launch, the first reusable stage of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle, which is in its tenth use, is scheduled to make a controlled vertical landing at Vandenberg Base about eight minutes after liftoff.
