SpaceX Falcon 9 Successfully Launches 60 Starlink Satellites in Record-Breaking Mission

SpaceX has successfully launched 58 more Starlink satellites for its growing internet broadband constellation. This is the 11th batch of Starlink satellites to go up, bringing the total on-orbit to well over 600.

The mission also carried three Planet satellites and used a Falcon 9 first stage booster that broke a record by flying for the sixth time.

The launch took place at 10:31 AM EDT from SpaceX’s launch site at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

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[ericfleet]

It is amazing how routine SpaceX has made these launches and landings look. Only a few years ago, vertical landings of rockets on Earth were unheard of. Now, they are done on an almost-weekly basis and I still love watching them land!

[garydoss]

Nice to see designed-in durability of the booster section. Nothing beats great technology.

[lucyannmcwilliams]

No testing as many PEOPLE die!! From covid!! Put children in school. . No Come on!! Get it TOGETHER in AMERICA!! THIS IS GREAT. . SO GLAD TO SEE SPACE X!!! NOW!!! TAKE CARE OF AMERICA ¿¿¿¿.¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿

[robertwilliams]

They have all the money to send those spaceships up into space but they don't have the money to give us a stimulus checks

[me.atul]

There should be serious responsibility towards space junk.

[MrStanger]

Are Starlink launches paid with taxpayer's money? (directly or indirectly)?