CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX launched more of its Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Saturday morning.
The company completed its ninth mission as it launched 58 Starlink satellites and three Planet Labs Skysats into orbit.
The rocket launched from the Space Coast at 5:21 a.m.
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
The satellites are part of SpaceX’s plan to deploy the world’s most advanced broadband internet system.
SpaceX said the Starlink will deliver high-speed broadband internet to locations where access has been unreliable, expensive or completely unavailable.
To read more about the mission, visit here.
Watch the launch again:
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