Dec. 8 (UPI) — SpaceX early Sunday launched 23 Starlink spacecraft from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
At 1:22 a.m., the Starlink satellites were deployed into orbit, including 13 with direct-to-cell service for mobile customers.
There are more than 6,800 operational Starlink satellites in low Earth orbit.
Starlink Mission 9-14 left the Vandenberg Space Force Station with 20 Starlink satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell service.
“The first Starlink satellite direct-to-cell phone constellation is now complete,” SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said via X early Thursday morning.
December. 8 (UPI) — Early on Sunday, SpaceX launched 23 Starlink spacecraft from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
At 12:11 a.m., the Falcon 9, a 229-foot rocket, took off from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 40. M. as the sky was illuminated.
After 8 1/2 minutes, the first stage booster touched down on the drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean.
The NOAA GOES-U satellite lifted in late June coincided with this booster’s second launch.
1:22 a.m. m. The Starlink satellites, including 13 that offer mobile customers direct-to-cell service, were launched into orbit.
This year, it was the 123rd Falcon 9 liftoff.
Thus far in 2024, SpaceX has launched over 80 Starlink missions.
More than 6,800 Starlink satellites are currently in low-Earth orbit.
The first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket was successfully returned for the 300th time in SpaceX’s history on Wednesday in California. With twenty Starlink satellites, including thirteen with direct-to-cell service, Starlink Mission 9-14 departed the Vandenberg Space Force Station.
“The first Starlink satellite direct-to-cell phone constellation is now complete,” Elon Musk, the CEO and founder of SpaceX, announced online early Thursday morning via X. This will allow distant locations to have internet connectivity on unmodified cellphones. The bandwidth per beam is only about 10 Mbps, but future constellations will have far greater capacity. “,”.
Over all, SpaceX has launched 419 times and landed 381 times.
The mPOWER-E satellites for SES will then be launched by SpaceX during a launch window starting at 3:55 p.m. M. up until 6:25 p.m. M. from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on Thursday.
