SpaceX kicked off the new year Thursday by launching 49 more Starlink internet relay satellites atop a Falcon 9 rocket using a booster making its fourth flight. The mission pushed the total number of Starlinks launched to date to nearly 2,000.
The Falcon 9's nine first stage engines ignited at 4:49 p.m. EST and smoothly propelled the 229-foot-tall rocket away from historic pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on a southerly trajectory tilted 53 degrees to the equator. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket climbs away from the Kennedy Space Center, carrying 49 more Starlink internet satellites toward orbit.Skirting the Bahamas and the Florida peninsula as it climbed out of the lower atmosphere, the two-stage rocket appeared to perform flawlessly, releasing the 49 Starlinks to fly on their own about 15-and-a-half minutes after liftoff.
At almost the same instant the satellites were released, the Falcon 9's first stage successfully landed on a SpaceX droneship to chalk up the company's 101st successful recovery and its 78th at sea. The launching was the latest step in SpaceX's drive to build out a globe-spanning constellation of laser-connected internet relay stations designed to supply relatively high-speed broadband service to customers anywhere on the planet. The company has regulatory approval to launch thousands more.
Is there enough space in space for 000s of satellites?
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