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SpaceX launches more Starlink internet satellites into orbit
(Xinhua) 19:28, February 04, 2022
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- U.S. private space company SpaceX successfully launched 49 more Starlink internet satellites into orbit Thursday.
A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 1:13 p.m. Eastern Time from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Following the launch, SpaceX confirmed the Starlink satellites were deployed.
Falcon 9's first stage has landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
This was the sixth launch and landing of this Falcon 9 first stage booster, said SpaceX.
Starlink will deliver high-speed broadband internet to locations where access has been unreliable, expensive, or completely unavailable, according to SpaceX.
(Web editor: Hongyu, Bianji)
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