CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX completed another launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center early Saturday morning.
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Saturday’s launch marked the second Starlink satellite mission this week for SpaceX.
Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/V3vn9PolF0
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 14, 2021
On Thursday, SpaceX successfully launched a batch of 60 Starlink satellites, which lifted off just after 3:13 a.m.
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Saturday’s launch took off at 6:01 a.m. Sunday from Kennedy Space Center launchpad 39A. Saturday’s launch contained another batch of 60 Starlink satellites.
Deployment of 60 Starlink satellites confirmed pic.twitter.com/AMLK4R9dMn
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 14, 2021
The goal of Starlink is to create a network that will help provide internet services to those who are not yet connected, and to provide reliable and affordable internet across the globe, the company said.
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Falcon 9′s first stage landed on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, completing the ninth flight of that booster rocket.
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