Musk’s SpaceX Launches Fifth Batch of Starlink Satellites
- Company confirms that 60 satellites successfully deployed
- Rocket’s first stage appears to miss drone ship landing
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched its fifth batch of 60 Starlink satellites Monday morning, another step toward Musk’s vision of creating a space-based network to provide broadband service around the world.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rumbled aloft from Cape Canaveral Air Station in Florida at roughly 10:05 a.m. local time and the satellites successfully deployed. The rocket’s first stage appeared to narrowly miss landing on an uncrewed drone-ship in the Atlantic ocean.