A Falcon 9 loaded with Starlink satellites prepares for launch.
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SpaceX is sending satellites into space to keep pace with its rollout Starlink Global Broadband Network.
I received an email notification that the beta version of the high speed internet service is now available in my area, which is significantly further south than the original beta offering in Canada and North America. (I’m in the northern hemisphere at 36 degrees. Vancouver is 49 degrees.)
It’s a sign that Starlink’s expansion is underway, but Elon Musk’s company needs to keep blowing more runways into a runway to keep growing and meet the requirements of its US federal license. communications commission.
SpaceX will soon launch its next series of Starlink broadband satellites from Cape Canaveral in Florida. This would be his fifth Starlink mission of 2021 so far.
This particular set of Starlink devices has been delayed at least ten times due to various technical and weather related issues. It sounds like a lot, but delays are the name of the game with space launches, and it’s very unusual that a mission is never postponed.
Look at this:
Starlink space-based internet, explained
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This next launch comes after the last Starlink mission ended with a lost booster who missed his landing on a company’s drone and instead crashed into the nearby ocean. The amplifier set up for this mission will make an eighth launch and landing. Even before the loss of the other Falcon 9 on February 16, SpaceX decided to conduct another thorough investigation into this mission.
To abandon this weekend’s launch effort of Starlink from LC-39A for additional inspections before flying one of our leading boosters, while the team continues at the end of next week to a separate Falcon 9 launch of Starlink from SLC -40 to drive. . pic.twitter.com/UvF0TUteQz
– SpaceX (@SpaceX) 5 February 2021
Liftoff, which was recently scheduled for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, is now for the early hours of Thursday from Kennedy Space Center, followed by the booster landing on a drone, as well as the attempt to repair both halves of the tub.
We discuss the live stream of the launch here. It will start about ten minutes before the launch.
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