CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Less than a week after becoming the first commercial company to launch people into orbit and the International Space Station, SpaceX lit up the Space Coast again.
SpaceX successfully launched and deployed its next round of Starlink satellites as scheduled at 9:25 p.m. from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Successful deployment of 60 Starlink satellites confirmed pic.twitter.com/adsQIKfT0F
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 4, 2020
Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/N0INm0pPAb
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 4, 2020
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This Starlink launch is part of a larger mission by SpaceX to provide high-speed internet access around the word.
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