Watch footage of the Falcon 9 first stage that lifted the satellites into the sky coming back to Earth for a dramatic landing at sea.
in February, SpaceX stated that "V2 minis include key technologies — such as more powerful phased array antennas and the use of E-band for backhaul — which will allow Starlink to provide ~4x more capacity per satellite than earlier iterations."SpaceX has now launched roughly 4,400 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit.
Starlink satellites account for the majority of satellites in orbit today. Their high number has prompted some concern from scientists and organizations, including NASA, which has stated that the satellite mega-constellation could impede its ability to detect aYesterday's mission marked SpaceX's 37th launch of the year so far and its 237th successful mission overall.
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