スペースXがStarlink衛星60基を追加打ち上げ、予約注文は50万件以上

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SpaceX（スペースX）は、ブロードバンドインターネット衛星のStarlink（スターリンク）60基を追加で打ち上げた。その日はまさしく「Star Wars Day（スター・ウォーズ・デー）」であり、同社最後の打ち上げからわずか5日後だった。これで同社は2021年3月始め以来420基のStarlink衛星を打ち上げた。おそらくこの数字にSpaceXのCEOは気づいていない、なぜなら知っていればツイートしていたに違いないから。

打ち上げはフロリダ州ケープ・カナベラルで東海岸時刻午後3時01分（日本時間5月5日午前4時1分）に行われ、再利用されたそのFalcon 9ブースターロケットは過去8回飛行している。今回もブースターは大西洋に浮かぶドローン・シップに軟着陸し、SpaceXの再利用飛行プログラムのブースター回収で2021年3月に打ち立てられたばかりの記録に並んだ。これは同社にとって115回目のFalcon 9打ち上げだ。

SpaceXは、ブロードバンドサービスのために衛星群との信号送受信に使用されるStarlink消費者向けハードウェアに関する最新データも公開した。同社はこのサービスの事前予約を「50万件以上」受けつけた。予約にはハードウェアの前払金が必要だ。

この強い需要は、Starlinkの受注残がなぜあんなに多いのか説明している。同サービスを利用したい顧客は、SpaceXのStarlinkウェブサイトに登録し、Starlink受信機、ルーター、電源、自宅に設置するためのマウントが含まれているキットを予約注文する。

現在同サービスは、オーストラリア、ニュージーランド、英国、メキシコ、米国、およびカナダ6カ国のベータ版ユーザーに提供されているが、目標は提供範囲を拡大し、2021年末までにほぼ全世界でサービスを利用できるようにすることで、2021年いっぱい何回かの追加打ち上げが予定されている。

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【原文】

SpaceX has launched 60 more of its Starlink internet broadband satellites — on “Star Wars Day,” no less, and only five days after it launched the last batch. The company has now delivered 420 Starlink satellites since the beginning of March, a sum that the SpaceX CEO and founder must not be aware of because he definitely would’ve tweeted about it by now if he was.

This launch took off from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 3:01 PM ET (12:01 PM PT), and used a re-used Falcon 9 booster that has flown eight times previously. That booster also landed back on SpaceX’s floating drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for SpaceX’s reusable flight program in terms of flying resumed boosters, which it just set in March. This is the company’s 115th Falcon 9 launch so far.

SpaceX also shared updated figures around its Starlink consumer hardware, which is used to transmit and receive signals from the constellation for broadband service. The company has received “over half a million” pre-order reservations for its service so far, which includes advance deposits on the hardware.

That strong demand helps explain why there appears to be such a significant backlog in terms of fulfilling orders for Starlink. Customers looking to use the service can sign up via SpaceX’s Starlink website, and place a preorder for the kit, which induces the Starlink receiver, a router, power supplies and mounting hardware for your home.

The service is available to beta customers in six countries thus far, including Australia, New Zealand, the U.K., Mexico, the U.S. and Canada, but the goal is to continue to expand coverage to achieve near-global reach by the end of 2021 in terms of service availability, with a number of additional launches planned throughout the rest of the year.

（文：Darrell Etherington、翻訳：Nob Takahashi / facebook ）

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