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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX teams at Kennedy Space Center launched the 26th dedicated Falcon 9 rocket with 60 Starlink satellites Tuesday afternoon.
The liftoff at 3:01 p.m. from launchpad 39A brings SpaceX closer to 2,000 Starlink satellites in low-Earth orbit.
Elon Musk’s company is using the satellites to provide internet, slowly adding new locations with plans to eventually offer the Wi-Fi worldwide.
About 8 minutes after liftoff the rocket’s booster returned to land on the recovery droneship “Of Course I Still Love You” in the Atlantic Ocean.
Sea conditions were a concern ahead of liftoff but did not appear to impact the landing which marked the 9th successful recovery for this particular piece of rocket hardware.
Meanwhile in Texas, SpaceX is aiming to perform another high-altitude test flight of its Starship spaceship prototype. Previous flight have ended in explosion after landing but SpaceX hopes this prototype called Serial No. 15 survives its flight.
An attempt Tuesday was scrubbed but could happen later in the week.
The Link LonkMay 05, 2021 at 02:30AM
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