A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from California on Friday and carried 50 extra satellites into orbit for the Starlink web constellation.
A SpaceX webcast confirmed the rocket’s higher stage deploying the satellites just a little over an hour after the 9:12am liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The satellites will use their very own thrusters to maneuver into their operational orbits over a interval of weeks.
The first stage efficiently landed on a “droneship” within the Pacific Ocean. It was the fourth profitable launch and touchdown of the reusable booster.
Starlink is a space-based system that SpaceX has been constructing for years to deliver web entry to underserved areas of the world.
Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX has near 2,000 Starlink satellites orbiting Earth at an altitude of 340 miles (550 kilometres).
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