SpaceX launches 23 more Starlink satellites
SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks on a screen during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, June 29, 2021. (Reuters)
Space transportation company SpaceX has sent 23 more Starlink satellites into low earth orbit on a Falcon-9 rocket.
Entrepreneurial businessman Elon Musk’s SpaceX has successfully launched 23 more Starlink satellites into orbit. At 1:01 a.m. local time, the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA successfully launched the Falcon-9 rocket carrying the Internet satellites.
The first stage of the Falcon-9 with reusability landed on the “A Shortfall of Gravitas” platform in the Atlantic Ocean 7 minutes after the launch, and 23 Starlink satellites settled into low Earth orbit about 64 minutes later.
Increased internet delivery capacity
Starlink satellites are known for their development to provide broadband internet service to regions in different parts of the world that struggle to access internet connections.
SpaceX’s capacity to provide internet will increase with the recent launch of 23 Starlink satellites into orbit.
