Elon Musk said 4 years ago that he would send his Tesla Roadster vehicle to Mars with SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket. He also kept his word. Only this car was loaded into the spacecraft, and then the launch took place.
Of course, this launch would be a trial for SpaceX. That’s why the load was needed. At this point, Musk’s marketing intelligence came into play. He managed to get millions of people from all over the world watch him until the live broadcast ended. But the launch itself failed and the Roadster missed Mars orbit. So where is he now?
Tesla Roadster is halfway through the 3rd orbit of the Sun!
The main purpose of Elon Musk was to send his Tesla Roadster vehicle and a mannequin, dressed in a space suit named Starman, to Mars, sitting in the driver’s seat. In fact, one day in the future, the people who colonized this planet would be able to find his car. However, after the successful launch, some problems occurred during the separation of the part of the car from the rocket.
Tesla Roadster sent into space
For this reason, Tesla Roadster deviated from the orbit of Mars and began to act independently in our Solar system. In the past 4 years, many people went to observatories and watched the vehicle from afar. Musk himself said that we do not know where the vehicle will go, we will see the arrival stop together.
According to the site named whereisroadster (where is the Roadster), which instantly monitors where Starman is, the Roadster made 2 full tours around the Sun. Finished half of the third round. Its instantaneous position is approximately 377 million 376 thousand 948 kilometers from the Earth and is moving away at a speed of 5 thousand 589 km / h. He has also traveled enough to travel all the roads in the world 50 times.
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