SpaceX targeting Wednesday afternoon for next Starlink launch
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LAKE MARY, Fla. - SpaceX is scheduled to launch the 29th mission of the constellation of networked satellites known as Starlink on Wednesday, May 26.
A Falcon 9 is scheduled for liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Launch Complex 40 at 2:59 p.m.
The goal of Starlink is to create a network that will help provide high-speed internet access to those who are not yet connected and to provide reliable and affordable internet across the globe.
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Currently, over 1,600 Starlink internet satellites are in orbit. The network is now delivering initial beta service both domestically and internationally, and will continue expansion to near-global coverage in 2021, SpaceX says.
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The SpaceX Starlink satellite internet service has already received more than 500,000 orders, and pre-orders continue to roll in. If you want to avail this high-speed internet connection, then here are the details how to get it.
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The SpaceX Starlink satellite internet service has already received more than 500,000 orders, and pre-orders continue to roll in.
Starlink is an ongoing project under the SpaceX company that aims to deliver high-speed internet to consumers anywhere on the planet. The system service will be built by sending thousands of satellites in space to provide online data while orbiting the earth continuously.
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(Photo : Bill Ingalls/NASA via Getty Images) SpaceX Falcon-9 Rocket And Crew Dragon Capsule Launches From Cape Canaveral Sending Astronauts To The International Space Station
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA - MAY 30: In this NASA handout image, A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company s Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched from Launch Complex 39A on NASAs SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard, Saturday, May 30, 2020, at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Demo-2 mission is the first launch with astronauts of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agencys Commercial Crew Program. The test flight serves as an end-to-end demonstration of SpaceXs crew transportation system. Behnken and Hurley launched at 3:22 p.m. EDT on Saturday, May 30, from Launch Co
Looks like high-speed internet is imminent for those hard-to-reach areas. SpaceX s Falcon 9 booster launches Starlink satellites SpaceX/Instagram
SpaceX keeps forging ahead with its myriad plans around space exploration and offering improved internet services.
Within the last week, 60 more Starlink satellites were successfully launched into space, and the NASA and JAXA astronaut crew that just spend the last six months on the ISS landed safely back down to Earth in a historic nighttime splashdown aboard SpaceX s Dragon capsule.
And it doesn t stop there.
Reuters reported that Elon Musk said on Tuesday, May 4, that 500,000 pre-orders for SpaceX s Starlink satellite systems have already been put in place. People are ready for that high-speed internet Starlink promises to deliver.