SpaceX is rapidly building it's Starlink satellite network to ensure proper internet access all over the world.
Asiya S
Visual from SpaceX Starlink Satellite Launch | credits: SpaceX
SpaceX is rapidly building it's Starlink satellite network to ensure proper internet access all over the world. It had successfully launched almost 1000 satellites and finally launched its 17th batch with 60 Starlink Satellites on Wednesday at 08:45 am EST or 07:45 pm IST. It was planned to launch on Monday but was cancelled due to unfavorable weather conditions. This is Starlink's first launch of the year and Elon Musk spaceflight company's second launch in 2021.
SpaceX launched a batch of 60 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. Falcon 9 first-stage rocket booster, which supported this mission, had already carried out another seven missions. After satellites reach the outer orbit of Earth, Falcon 9 will come back to earth by landing on the drone ship "Just Read the instructions" in the Atlantic Ocean for getting reused.
With performance much better than the traditional satellite internet and a global network unbounded by ground infrastructure limitations, Starlink will deliver high speed broadband internet even to the locations where access has been unreliable, expensive or completely unavailable. Starlink has started its initial beta service both domestically and internationally and is planning to provide global space-based broadband coverage by using 42,000 satellites all over the world.