SpaceX Sets New Rocket Reuse Record With Starlink Launch
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SpaceX is a company that builds rockets. It plans a new launch soon. The launch will send Starlink satellites to space. Starlink satellites give internet to people on Earth.
This launch is special. SpaceX will use a rocket part called a booster. A booster is the bottom part of a rocket. This booster has flown 37 times. No SpaceX booster has flown this many times before. It is a new record.
SpaceX uses a rocket called Falcon 9. This rocket can fly to space and then come back to Earth. SpaceX can use the same booster again. This saves money.
This new launch is also the 100th Falcon 9 launch this year. That is a lot of launches in one year. The launch will happen early in the morning. People can watch it live online.
Early morning launches sometimes make a special light in the sky. People call this the 'jellyfish effect.' It happens when sunlight hits the rocket's smoke high in the sky. It can look like a big jellyfish.
Vocabulary8 words
- launch
- when a rocket goes up into space
- Starlink
- a group of satellites that give internet
- booster
- the bottom part of a rocket
- record
- the best or biggest number ever
- Falcon 9
- a rocket made by SpaceX
- jellyfish effect
- a special light pattern in the sky from a rocket
- satellite
- a machine that flies around Earth in space
- company
- a business that makes or sells things
Quiz
Answer key
1. Fly to space 2. 100th 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
SpaceX is a company that builds _____. It plans a new launch soon. The launch will send _____ satellites to space.
This launch is special. SpaceX will use a rocket part called a _____. This booster has flown _____ times. It is a new _____.
SpaceX uses a rocket called Falcon 9. This rocket can fly to space and then come back to _____.
This new launch is also the _____ Falcon 9 launch this year. The launch will happen early in the _____.
Early morning launches sometimes make a special light in the sky. People call this the '_____ effect.'
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