SpaceX Launches 60 Starlink Satellites on Thrice-Flown Rocket, Sticks Landing

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX just took a giant leap toward making global internet coverage a reality as its fifth of the year took flight on Thursday evening (May 23), sending 60 internet-beaming satellites into space. Tucked inside the rocket’s were 60 satellites — the first batch of SpaceX’s Starlink megaconstellation, which the company hopes will help provide affordable internet coverage to the world. In total, SpaceX plans to launch nearly 12,000 of these satellites, which will park themselves in low-Earth orbit and beam internet coverage to the world below.

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