SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Fri, Apr 24, 2020, 10:48 AM ET (1448 GMT)
SpaceX successfully launched 60 Starlink satellites Wednesday afternoon. The Falcon 9 lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 3:30 pm EDT (1930 GMT) and deployed the stack of Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit 15 minutes later. The Falcon 9 first stage, on its fourth flight, landed on a droneship in the Atlantic. The launch means that SpaceX has more than 400 operational Starlink satellites in orbit, enough for the company to potentially start limited service. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, in a tweet after the launch, said a "private beta" of Starlink services will start in about three months, with a more public beta test of the service in six months.
SpaceX successfully launched 60 Starlink satellites Wednesday afternoon. The Falcon 9 lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 3:30 pm EDT (1930 GMT) and deployed the stack of Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit 15 minutes later. The Falcon 9 first stage, on its fourth flight, landed on a droneship in the Atlantic. The launch means that SpaceX has more than 400 operational Starlink satellites in orbit, enough for the company to potentially start limited service. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, in a tweet after the launch, said a "private beta" of Starlink services will start in about three months, with a more public beta test of the service in six months.
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