A Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, the United States, Dec. 7, 2023. (Credit: SpaceX)
The satellites were launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in the U.S. state of Florida at 12:07 a.m. Thursday Eastern Time, according to SpaceX.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. private space company SpaceX launched 23 more Starlink satellites into orbit early Thursday.
The satellites were launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in the U.S. state of Florida at 12:07 a.m. Thursday Eastern Time, according to SpaceX.
Falcon 9's first stage returned and landed on the Just Read the Instruction droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
The company later confirmed the deployment of the 23 satellites.
Starlink will deliver high-speed broadband internet to locations where access has been unreliable, expensive, or completely unavailable, according to SpaceX. ■
