SpaceX launches 48 Starlink satellites, sends 480 satellites into space in 10 weeks

SpaceX, owned by Elon Musk, has launched 48 more Starlink Internet satellites into orbit. To deliver these satellites into orbit, the Falcon-9 rocket took off from Florida, USA on 9 March. The first stage of the rocket returned to the SpaceX drone ship located in the Atlantic Ocean. The special thing is that this was the 10th launch of SpaceX in the last 10 weeks. There were 48 satellites in each launch. SpaceX has said that through these satellites it wants to provide low-latency high-speed broadband internet in areas where internet connectivity is not present.

Together these satellites form a large constellation in low Earth orbit called Starlink. SpaceX has already launched more than 2,000 such satellites. Many more satellites are expected to be launched by the end of this year. SpaceX has received permission to launch more than 12,000 Starlink satellites.

Sharing a video related to the launch, Elon Musk tweeted that another 48 Starlinks have just reached orbit. Elon Musk is preparing to lay a network of Starlink satellites around the world, but his ambition raises concerns about the growing debris in space. Keep in mind that SpaceX has sought approval to launch 30,000 satellites.

Most of the launches of SpaceX have been done through ‘Falcon 9’ rocket. It is the world’s first orbital-class rocket and can fly again. This rocket did its first test in June 2010. Reusing the Falcon-9 rocket reduces the cost of launching satellites.

This project of SpaceX has also faced some failures recently. Last month, a storm in space destroyed the entire batch of SpaceX satellites. Dozens of his satellites fell from space and were destroyed by burning as soon as they came into the Earth’s atmosphere. To avoid such incidents in future, SpaceX has decided to deploy satellites at higher altitudes.