SpaceX launches 60 more Starlink internet satellites
02 May 2021, 17:09 GMT+10
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: Starlink, Elon Musk s satellite Internet service, successfully deployed 60 additional satellites into low-Earth orbit on April 28.
The 210-foot SpaceX rocket carrying the satellites was launched from Florida s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The satellites were deployed about one hour after liftoff, while reaching over 300 miles above the Earth s surface. Shortly they will deploy their solar array and over the next few days and weeks they will distance themselves from each other and use their on-board ion thrusters to make their way to their operational orbit, a spokesman said.
This latest launch was the 25th Starlink launch to put in orbit the satellite Internet system, which seeks to offer high-speed, low-latency Internet service worldwide through its network of satellites.
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