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SpaceX launches 60 more Starlink internet satellites from Cape Canaveral - CBS News
Oct 24, 2020 36 secs

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 60 more Starlink internet relay satellites on Saturday, boosting the total number launched to date to 895 as the company builds out a planned constellation of thousands designed to provide global high-speed broadband service.

It was the California rocket builder's 19th launch so far this year and its 15th Starlink flight.

After two second stage engine firings, all 60 Starlink satellites were released to fly on their own, chalking up the company's 95th successful Falcon 9 flight and 100th overall.

With Saturday's launch, SpaceX has put 895 Starlinks into orbit, 180 of them — more satellites than any other company owns — in less than three weeks.

Including the 60 launched Saturday, that leaves some 820 presumably operational Starlinks in orbit.

First published on October 24, 2020 / 3:05 PM.

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