SpaceX has launched 23 more Starlink satellites into orbit, adding to its ever-growing Internet mega constellation, Space reports.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Starlink satellites was launched from Cape Canaveral Spaceport in Florida at 06:20 Kyiv time.
The first stage of the Falcon 9 returned to Earth about 8.5 minutes after launch. It landed on the automatic Just Read the Instructions platform in the Atlantic Ocean.
According to SpaceX, this was the 17th launch and landing of the first stage of this rocket.
The 23 Starlink satellites exited the upper stage of the Falcon 9 into low Earth orbit about 65.5 minutes after launch.
According to astrophysicist and satellite tracking specialist Jonathan McDowell, the Starlink network, which provides Internet services to people around the world, already has more than 5,000 locations. satellites.
