On Thursday, August 28, the American company SpaceX launched another 28 Starlink internet satellites into space.

According to Space.com, the Falcon 9 rocket carrying the satellites lifted off at 11:12 AM Kyiv time from a launch site in Florida. The first stage of the rocket returned to Earth just 8.5 minutes later, landing on a drone ship. If everything went according to plan during the flight, the upper stage of the Falcon 9, which is single-use, delivered the 28 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit approximately 64 minutes after launch. This marks the 30th launch and landing for this particular first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket, setting a record for the company. Such extensive reuse of the rocket's first stage is a key element of SpaceX's strategy to reduce costs and enhance the efficiency of space flights. Additionally, the company aims to take rocket reuse to the next level with its Starship system. According to CEO Elon Musk, each first stage of the Starship rockets being developed by SpaceX to help humanity settle on the Moon and Mars could theoretically launch, land, and relaunch from another planet in less than an hour.