On Thursday, January 13, 2022, a Falcon 9 rocket, designed, developed, assembled and operated by renowned company SpaceX, founded and spearheaded by South African-born entrepreneur and engineer Elon Musk, lifted off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in the US state of Florida. Its payload was 105 small spacecraft, ranging from CubeSats to orbital transfer vehicles. The mission was well-covered in South Africa, for three of the CubeSats were South African. “This will further cement ...
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