SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites into orbit (video)
Photo: SpaceX launches new batch of Starlink satellites into orbit (wikimedia.by/SpaceX)
SpaceX, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, has conducted another launch of Starlink satellites into space, according to SpaceX's account on X.
It is known that 23 satellites have been deployed into orbit.
Watch Falcon 9 launch 23 @Starlink satellites to orbit https://t.co/zQqqLw7C8J
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 7, 2023
Full video of the launch
The Falcon 9 launch vehicle took off from the spaceport in Florida at 12:07 a.m. EST (0507 GMT).
Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/iBETMTpR7m
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 7, 2023
Video of the rocket launch
The first stage returned to Earth for a vertical landing approximately 8 minutes later, at 12:16, and landed on the unmanned SpaceX ship named 'Just Read the Instructions.' The ship was positioned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida.
Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship pic.twitter.com/VG7Vbkzhes
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 7, 2023
First stage landing
What is Starlink?
Starlink is a satellite internet platform owned by SpaceX. The project began in 2015, and the first test prototype was launched into orbit in 2018.
