The number of Starlink satellites in orbit exceeded 5000
SpaceX has launched 22 more Internet satellites. The total number of Starliners in Earth orbit has exceeded five thousand.
The American company SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink Internet satellites into low Earth orbit on the night of Sunday, August 27.
A Falcon 9 rocket delivered 22 mini-satellites there.
Watch Falcon 9 launch 22 @Starlink satellites into orbit https://t.co/tZZsFhYnhU
– SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 27, 2023
A landmark mission for SpaceX
The specialized publication Space calls the current mission a landmark for SpaceX, as the total number of Starliners launched into orbit has exceeded five thousand units.
As a reminder, we previously wrote How to find out how many Starlink satellites are currently in space in Earth orbit and their exact location in the sky