WATCH: SpaceX launches dozens of satellites in Starlink mission

A new batch of 58 Starlink internet satellites and three Earth-observation satellites were launched.

By Órla Ryan Saturday 13 Jun 2020, 3:01 PM

Jun 13th 2020, 3:01 PM 28,426 Views 29 Comments

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SPACEX SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED dozens of satellites at its base at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida in the US today.

A new batch of 58 Starlink internet satellites and three Earth-observation satellites from Planet were launched.

This is SpaceX’s ninth Starlink mission and brings the total number of operational Starlink broadband internet satellites in orbit to 538.

Falcon 9 launches 58 Starlink satellites and 3 @planetlabs Skysats to orbit before returning to Earth and landing on a droneship pic.twitter.com/K6OjgJQZfv
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 13, 2020

Source: SpaceX/Twitter

As part of the operation, a Falcon 9 rocket successfully landed on a drone ship called ‘Of Course I Still Love You’ in the Atlantic Ocean.

Falcon 9’s first stage previously supported resupply missions for Dragon, another SpaceX craft, to the International Space Station.

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Planet’s SkySats were deployed sequentially beginning about 12 minutes after liftoff, and the Starlink satellites deployed approximately 26 minutes after liftoff.

Last month, two Nasa astronauts reached orbit on board a SpaceX rocket – a first for a private company in the history of spaceflight.

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WATCH: SpaceX launches dozens of satellites in Starlink mission