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SpaceX launches 46 more Starlink internet satellites into space

(Xinhua) 09:08, July 12, 2022

LOS ANGELES, July 11 (Xinhua) -- U.S. private space company SpaceX has successfully launched 46 more Starlink internet satellites into orbit.

A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 6:39 p.m. Pacific Time on Sunday from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

Following the launch, SpaceX confirmed the Starlink satellites were deployed.

Falcon 9's first stage landed on the "Of Course I Still Love You" droneship, which was stationed in the Pacific Ocean.

Starlink will deliver high-speed broadband internet to locations where access has been unreliable, expensive, or completely unavailable, according to SpaceX. 

(Web editor: Peng Yukai, Liang Jun)

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