Starlink launches 47 satellites into low earth orbit for better satellite internet connectivity

Elon Musk’s Space Venture SpaceX has successfully launched 47 Starlink satellites. starlink As TechCrunch reports, the 4-9 mission took off at 9.25 a.m. EST (6.25 a.m. PST) from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 3, and it was SpaceX’s ninth mission of 52 launches this year. The mission flown by the Falcon 9 booster “B1060” has completed 11 flights since its launch in June 2020.

The 47 Starlink satellites now join more than 2,000 others in the program’s first-generation constellation, orbiting Earth, providing high-speed, low-speed, low-speed orbits around the globe, even in remote areas. Provide latency internet. Starlink is currently approved to expand its constellation to 12,000 satellites, although SpaceX has applied to launch 30,000 more, the report said. Thursday’s launch was already the sixth Starlink mission of the year for SpaceX. All launches were successful.

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But during the third mission, on February 3, 38 of the 49 Starlink satellites failed to reach their intended orbit due to a geomagnetic storm that burned up when they re-entered Earth’s atmosphere. SpaceX’s next Starlink launch is scheduled for March 8 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) Launch Complex 40, the report said.