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SpaceX Launches 60 Starlink Satellites aboard Falcon 9

On 27th May, SpaceX launched 60 more Starlink satellites aboard a new Falcon 9 rocket, making it the rocket's 16th mission of the year.

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Hemant Kashyap
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Last Wednesday, SpaceX launched 60 Starlink satellites from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This launch took the total satellites in orbit up to 1625 active satellites.

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Starlink Continues its Orbital Expansion

This launch marked the company's 16th launch of the year. It also marked the second flight for this particular Falcon 9. Also, this launch marked the fourth time SpaceX launched Starlink satellites aboard its workhorse.

The rocket returned to Earth after approximately nine minutes after liftoff. It touched down on SpaceX's drone ship "Just Read the Instructions," for a second successful landing. After successful deployment of the satellites, SpaceX took to Twitter to celebrate the occasion.
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https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1397644910828789760

The satcom service has already started accepting pre-orders in many countries, including India. As per the company's CEO Elon Musk, the service has already received close to a million pre-orders.

In India, users can book on pre-order for a fee of Rs. 7,000. The service will launch in India sometime next year, however.

SpaceX is looking at a busy few months ahead, with ISS resupplying mission in June, and further Starlink launches in July and August. As of now, the satcom service has the largest constellation of any service of its kind, with 1,625 satellites in orbit. Bharti Airtel-backed OneWeb is the next largest, however, with 218 satellites, it is still miles behind of where Elon Musk's service is.

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