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Starlink satellites passing over the Swiss night sky as seen from Mürren. Canada was the first outside country to approve the service with the Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada announcing regulatory approval for the Starlink low Earth orbit satellite constellation on November 6, 2020. [168]
Falcon 9 successfully carried 21 of these satellites into orbit later that evening. SpaceX committed to reduce debris by keeping the Starlink tension rods, which hold the V2 mini satellites together, attached to the Falcon 9 second stage. These tension rods were discarded into orbit while launching earlier version of Starlink satellites. [114]
Maiden flight of the Long March 8A variant. Second batch of satellites for the 13,000-satellite Guowang (Xingwang) megaconstellation. 11 February 18:53 [57] Falcon 9 Block 5: Starlink Group 12-18 Cape Canaveral SLC-40: SpaceX: Starlink × 21 SpaceX: Low Earth: Communications: In orbit: Operational ↓ Upcoming launches ↓ 15 February 06:14 [58 ...
Elon Musk's space exploration company, SpaceX, plans to launch up to 42,000 satellites into orbit to beam internet down to remote parts of the Earth. SpaceX has already put close to 200 Starlink ...
SpaceX now has 60 more Starlink satellites in orbit – it launched its latest full complement of the internet broadband spacecraft early this morning from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Just last ...
SpaceX sent its second set of 60 Starlink satellites into orbit today, atop a Falcon 9 rocket that featured the fourth go-round for the first-stage booster and the first reuse of a nose cone.
In orbit: Operational First launch of Starlink Group 9 Satellites. 20 June 18:13 [218] Electron "No Time Toulouse" Mahia LC-1B: Rocket Lab ⚀ Kinéis × 5 Kinéis: Low Earth: IoT: In orbit: Operational First of five dedicated launches for Kinéis' IoT satellite constellation. 50th Electron launch. 20 June 21:35 [219] Falcon 9 Block 5: F9-347 ...
A second satellite tracker, Orbit.ing-now.com, reports there are currently just under 10,000 satellites in orbit today. This means that SpaceX's Starlink accounts for more than 60% of all ...