On August 19, according to foreign media reports, on Tuesday, local time, the US space exploration technology company SpaceX successfully launched the 11th batch of Starlink Internet satellites.
At 10:31 am on August 18th, US Eastern Time, a second-level “Falcon 9” rocket was launched from Launch Pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Base. The rocket carried 58 star chains. Satellite and 3 small SkySat satellites.
It is reported that this is the 11th Starlink satellite launch mission by SpaceX since 2019. This launch brings the total number of satellites into orbit to 653. If the two prototype satellites launched in 2018 are included, the total number of satellites into orbit is 655.
As early as January 2015, SpaceX CEO Musk announced a satellite Internet service plan, which was named “Starlink”. SpaceX plans to launch about 12,000 communication satellites into orbit to provide broadband Internet services to users on Earth. In addition to the nearly 12,000 satellites that have been approved, the company has also applied for the launch of 30,000 satellites.
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