SpaceX launches internet satellites from Vandenberg – Daily News
HAWTHORNE — Hawthorne-based SpaceX launched another batch of satellites into low orbit Friday as part of its expanding Starlink broadband internet array.
The Falcon 9 rocket carrying the satellites into orbit launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base along the central coast shortly after 3 pm
The rocket was carrying 53 more Starlink satellites, adding to an array that already includes thousands of satellites in a low orbit around the planet. Starlink is envisioned as a worldwide satellite-based broadband service, providing internet links in areas that previously had connectivity issues.
A SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3:07 pm Friday,My 13, 2022. The rocket carrying 53 Starlink internet satellites. The booster landed on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer)
A SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3:07 pm Friday,My 13, 2022. The rocket carrying 53 Starlink internet satellites. The booster landed on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer)
A SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3:07 pm Friday,My 13, 2022. The rocket carrying 53 Starlink internet satellites. The booster landed on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer)
A SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3:07 pm Friday,My 13, 2022. The rocket carrying 53 Starlink internet satellites. The booster landed on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer)
A SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3:07 pm Friday,My 13, 2022. The rocket carrying 53 Starlink internet satellites. The booster landed on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer)
A SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3:07 pm Friday,My 13, 2022. The rocket carrying 53 Starlink internet satellites. The booster landed on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer)
A SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3:07 pm Friday,My 13, 2022. The rocket carrying 53 Starlink internet satellites. The booster landed on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer)
A SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3:07 pm Friday,My 13, 2022. The rocket carrying 53 Starlink internet satellites. The booster landed on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer)
A SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3:07 pm Friday,My 13, 2022. The rocket carrying 53 Starlink internet satellites. The booster landed on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer)
A SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3:07 pm Friday,My 13, 2022. The rocket carrying 53 Starlink internet satellites. The booster landed on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer)
A SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3:07 pm Friday,My 13, 2022. The rocket carrying 53 Starlink internet satellites. The booster landed on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer)
This video image provided by SpaceX shows a SpaceX Falcon 9 mission to launch 53 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E), takes off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., on Friday, May 13 , 2022. (SpaceX via AP)
This video image provided by SpaceX, a SpaceX Falcon 9 mission to launch 53 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E), takes off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., on Friday, May 13 , 2022. (SpaceX via AP)
This video image provided by SpaceX, a SpaceX Falcon 9 mission to launch 53 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E), takes off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., on Friday, May 13 , 2022. (SpaceX via AP)
This video image provided by SpaceX shows a SpaceX Falcon 9 mission to launch 53 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E), takes off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., on Friday, May 13 , 2022. (SpaceX via AP)
Starlink service is already available in 32 countries.
According to the Hawthorne aerospace company, the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket being used in Friday’s launch had already flown four previous missions for SpaceX, which has pioneered efforts to recover rockets for re-use, dramatically cutting the costs of future flights.
The company again recovered the rocket’s first stage Friday by landing it on the whimsically named barge “Of Course I Still Love You” floating in the Pacific Ocean.
SpaceX is scheduled to launch another batch of Starlink satellites Saturday from Cape Canaveral in Florida. That launch is set for 1:12 pm California time.
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