A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from California on Friday and carried 50 more satellites into orbit for the Starlink internet constellation. A SpaceX webcast showed the rockets upper stage deploying the satellites a little over an hour after the 9:12 a.m. liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The satellites will use their own thrusters to move into their operational orbits over a period of weeks. The first stage successfully landed on a droneship in the Pacific Ocean. It was the fourth successful launch and landing of the reusable booster.
Deployment of 50 Starlink satellites confirmed pic.twitter.com/3uuAMNxrHC— SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 25, 2022
Starlink is a space-based system that SpaceX has been building for years to bring internet access to underserved areas of the world.
Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX has close to 2,000 Starlink satellites orbiting Earth at an altitude of 340 miles (550 kilometers).
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