Posted: Sat, Apr 13, 2024, 11:39 AM ET (1539 GMT)
SpaceX launched a set of Starlink satellites, including the first commercial direct-to-device spacecraft, April 6. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 10:25 pm EDT (0225 GMT April 7) after a one-day delay. The 21 Starlink satellites on the launch included six with direct-to-device payloads, the first such commercial payloads on Starlink satellites after launching several experimental ones.

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