SpaceX launches 22 more Starlink internet satellites into space
Xinhua | Updated: 2024-04-02 17:18
LOS ANGELES - US private space company SpaceX launched 22 more Starlink satellites into orbit on Monday.
The satellites were launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at 7:30 pm Pacific Time (0230 GMT Tuesday) Monday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, according to SpaceX.
Falcon 9's first-stage booster landed on the "Of Course I Still Love You" droneship stationed in the Pacific Ocean.
The company later confirmed the deployment of the 22 satellites.
Starlink will deliver high-speed broadband internet to locations where access has been unreliable, expensive or completely unavailable, according to SpaceX.
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