In March, the spent stage of the Falcon 9 rocket may collide with the Moon
SpaceX launched its first interplanetary mission almost seven years ago. 7 years later, as part of this launch, the second stage of the Falcon 9 rocket could not return to Earth, but did not go beyond the Earth-Moon system. Now it became known that the trajectory of the spent degree intersects with the orbit of the Moon and in March it will fall to the surface of the satellite of our planet .
Ukraine , Ukraingate , 6 , February , 2022 | Technology
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According to one of the creators of the project Project Pluto, which tracks near-Earth objects, asteroids, planets, comets – Bill Gray, experts say that the collision of the second stage of the Falcon 9 rocket with the lunar surface will occur on March 4.
It is noted that despite the calculations, there is still uncertainty about the fate of the rocket. This is due to the fact that in flight it rotates and the trajectory can change under the influence of sunlight. Therefore, it will be difficult to establish the time and place of his fall.
Let’s add
On January 19, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 49 more satellites into orbit as part of the deployment of Starlink’s global Internet coverage network.
Source: Ukrgate
