SpaceX sends another batch of Starlink satellites into orbit

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - SpaceX has sent another batch of Starlink satellites into orbit, with the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida just after 3:13 a.m. EST

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The Falcon 9 first stage rocket booster that supported this mission previously carried NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station, among other missions. 

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Following stage separation, SpaceX successfully landed the Falcon 9’s first stage on the "Just Read the Instructions" droneship, located in the Atlantic Ocean.

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SpaceX says Starlink can deliver high-speed broadband Internet to locations where access has been unreliable or completely unavailable, "ideally suited for areas of the globe where connectivity has typically been a challenge."

There are said to be hundreds of Starlink satellites already in orbit, the largest constellation of artificial satellites. The plan is to eventually have thousands of them in orbit.

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