SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sun, Feb 6, 2022, 12:14 PM ET (1714 GMT)
SpaceX launched another set of Starlink satellites Thursday. A Falcon 9 lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center at 1:13 pm EST (1813 GMT) and placed 49 satellites into a mid-inclination orbit. The rocket's booster, on its sixth flight, landed on a droneship in the Atlantic. SpaceX now has 1,920 Starlink satellites in orbit, although not all are operational.
SpaceX launched another set of Starlink satellites Thursday. A Falcon 9 lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center at 1:13 pm EST (1813 GMT) and placed 49 satellites into a mid-inclination orbit. The rocket's booster, on its sixth flight, landed on a droneship in the Atlantic. SpaceX now has 1,920 Starlink satellites in orbit, although not all are operational.
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