SpaceX launches additional batch of Starlink satellites to orbit, video
Photo: SpaceX launches additional batch of Starlink satellites to orbit (twitter.com/SpaceX)
SpaceX, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, has launched another batch of 22 Starlink system mini-satellites to orbit, according to SpaceX.
Watch Falcon 9 launch 22 @Starlink satellites to orbit https://t.co/hzc4vY398Z
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 24, 2023
The rocket launch took place from the 40th complex at the United States Space Force's Cape Canaveral in Florida at 06:38 Kyiv time. Just about an hour after the rocket's launch, all satellites were successfully deployed to orbit.
Liftoff of Falcon 9! pic.twitter.com/uXoIcobVKD
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 24, 2023
Following separation, the first stage of the carrier rocket executed a controlled vertical landing on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which was located in the Atlantic Ocean.
Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, the second booster in our fleet with 17 launches and landings pic.twitter.com/b6USZIjwx7
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 24, 2023
What is Starlink?
Starlink is an innovative satellite internet platform. The project was initiated in 2015. The first prototypes were launched to orbit in 2018. Thanks to this system, users have the opportunity to access high-speed internet virtually anywhere on the planet.
