SpaceX Launches Nilesat-301

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June 11, 2022
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket takes flight with the Nilesat 301 satellite. Photo credit: Michael Seeley / We Report Space
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket takes flight with the Nilesat 301 satellite. Photo credit: Michael Seeley / We Report Space

On June 8, 2022, SpaceX launched the Nilesat-301 satellite. This is the fourth in a series of communication satellites for the Nilesat Company.

Nilesat-301 ascending to orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. Photo Credit: Michael Howard / We Report Space

Nilesat will aide areas of Africa, Egypt and the Middle East supporting various aspects of telecommunication for those regions. Lifting off from launch complex 40 at 5:04 PM EDT, this was the seventh flight of booster 1062. This booster previously supported GPS-III 04 and 05, AX-1, Inspiration 4 and two Starlink missions.

Falcon 9's dramatic liftoff, captured as a single, long exposure photograph from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Photo Credit: Michael Seeley / We Report Space

Shortly after launch, the first stage booster made a successful landing on the recovery ship “Just Read the Instructions”.

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