SpaceX sent a new group of Starlink internet satellites into low-Earth orbit on Thursday, October 5. The Falcon 9 rocket took off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. It was carrying 22 Starlink satellites.
Falcon 9’s first-stage booster, which is used for this mission, flew for the eighth time during today’s launch.
Before that, it launched CRS-26, OneWeb Launch 16, Intelsat IS-40e, and four Starlink operations. After the stages broke apart, the first stage arrived on the Atlantic Ocean-based Just Read the Instructions droneship.
Watch Falcon 9 launch 22 @Starlink satellites to orbit https://t.co/CrgyrcZULG
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 5, 2023
Starlink is a big group of highly advanced satellites that work together in a low orbit around the Earth to bring high-speed, low-latency internet access to rural and remote areas around the world that don’t have good internet infrastructure.
