CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — SpaceX successfully launched more than 50 Starlink satellites into orbit early Thursday.
At 3:31 a.m. ET, the company’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40, sending 56 Starlink satellites into orbit, stated SpaceX.
What You Need To Know
- SpaceX successfully launched more than 50 Starlink satellites into orbit
- Liftoff was at 3:31 a.m.
- 🔻Scroll down to watch the launch🔻
Learn more about NASA’s Falcon 9 launch weather criteria here.
The rocket’s first-stage booster B1069 has six successful missions in its record:
- CRS-24
- Hotbird 13F
- SES-18 & 19
- OneWeb
- Two Starlink missions
After the stage separation, the rocket will land on the droneship 'A Shortfall of Gravitas' out in the Atlantic Ocean.
About the mission
The satellites offer internet access to most parts of the little round Earth, stated Starlink, which is operated by SpaceX.
Before Thursday’s launch, astronomer Jonathan McDowell of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics recorded the following information on the current Starlink satellites: 3,968 are in orbit, with 3,933 in working order and 3,387 that are operational.
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