Watch Video Elon Musk SpaceX launches 56 Starlink satellites Falcon 9 rocket lands at sea

Elon Musk’s company SpaceX is rapidly expanding its satellite internet service. It is known as Starlink. On Wednesday, SpaceX launched another large batch of Starlink internet satellites into orbit. With the help of Falcon-9 rocket, 56 Starlink satellites were sent into orbit. As per plan, the rocket’s first stage returned to Earth. The stage landed on a pad built in the sea, a spectacular video of which has surfaced.

of spacex Tweet and others reports According to , Starlink satellites were launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Exactly 8.5 minutes after launch, the first stage of Falcon-9 landed safely on Earth. This was SpaceX’s fourth launch and landing by this stage. After the landing of the first stage, the upper stage of the rocket took the satellites to Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

All 56 satellites were delivered to orbit about 65 minutes after liftoff. According to reports, this was the 21st launch of the year 2023 for SpaceX. The company has made 11 launches only for Starlink. She has flown more than 4200 Starlink satellites so far. These launches will continue now, because the company has got permission to launch 12 thousand Starlink satellites. It is a different matter that SpaceX wants to take this number to 30 thousand. However, its approval has not been received yet.

SpaceX owner Elon Musk seems serious about satellite internet service. He announcement It has been said that if everything goes according to plan, the Starlink satellite network will start its service directly on smartphones from this year. This means that people will get internet connectivity through satellite in their phones. SpaceX and America’s T-Mobile company are working together on this project. The name of the project is ‘Coverage Above and Beyond’. Its purpose is to provide internet connectivity to T-Mobile customers everywhere.