SpaceX launched another broadband satellite early Sunday morning (December 8) from Florida.
A Falcon 9 rocket launched 23 Starlink spacecraft, including 13 with direct cell capabilities, from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 12:12 a.m. EST (0512 GMT) on Sunday.
The rocket’s first stage descended as planned to land on the SpaceX droneship “A Shortfall of Gravitas” in the Atlantic Ocean about eight minutes after launch.
According to one agency, this was the second liftoff and landing for this particular booster. SpaceX mission description.
Meanwhile, the upper stage of Falcon 9 is Deployed successfully As planned, there are 23 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO).
relevant: Starlink Satellite Trains: How to See and Track them in the Night Sky
Sunday morning’s launch was the 123rd Falcon 9 liftoff of the year. Nearly 70% of these missions went into building the Starlink megaconstellation, the largest satellite network ever assembled.
LEO is currently home Over 6,800 About 350 of the Starlink spacecraft in operation are capable of transmitting services directly to mobile phones.
