Falcon 9 launched another batch of Starlink mini-satellites into orbit

SpaceX announced that today the Falcon 9 launch vehicle successfully launched another batch of 22 mini-satellites into orbit, providing the global Internet coverage of the Starlink system.

The rocket was launched at Cape Canaveral in Florida at 15:20 Moscow time. Nine minutes later, the first reusable stage of the rocket landed on a platform in the Atlantic. It was used for launches for the third time.

With today’s launch, SpaceX has already launched more than 4,500 such satellites into orbit. Most of them remain in orbit, and some have failed or deorbited.