Billionaire Elon Musk’s space venture SpaceX launched a batch of Starlink satellites — the sixth launch for the program in July alone and the company’s 33rd launch of 2022.
The satellites were launched Sunday at 9:38 a.m. from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
It was the eighth flight for the first stage of the Falcon 9 booster supporting this mission, which previously launched GPS III Space Vehicle 04, GPS III Space Vehicle 05, Inspiration4, Ax-1, Nilesat 301 and now three Starlink missions, the company said on his website.
“Deployment of 53 Starlink satellites confirmed — completing SpaceX’s sixth mission this month!” SpaceX said in a tweet on Sunday.
This Starlink launch follows a successful effort from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on July 22 that sent 46 Starlink satellites into orbit.
About 2,900 Starlink satellites have been launched to date.
Starlink provides high-speed, low-latency broadband worldwide. It is available for service in 36 countries and has more than 2,50,000 users worldwide.
The company reportedly has regulatory approval to put at least 12,000 Starlinks into orbit and wants an international regulator to lift another 30,000 satellites after that.
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