SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites to orbit

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Christian Baha / NP

22 August

1 min read

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SpaceX sent another 21 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit on Tuesday.

The satellites were launched into orbit on board a Falcon 9 rocket which took off from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

This was the 15th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, the company stressed and added that, following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship in the Pacific Ocean.

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