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A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster lands on the droneship, A Shortfall of Gravitas, in the Atlantic Ocean, October 20, 2022. /SpaceX
U.S. private space company SpaceX launched 54 more Starlink internet satellites into orbit on Thursday, continuing to expand the satellite-internet constellation with its 186th overall launch.
A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 10:51 a.m. ET (1451 GMT) on Thursday from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Following the launch, SpaceX confirmed the Starlink satellites were deployed.
"With the completion of today's launch, it marks SpaceX's 48th successful Falcon 9 mission of 2022," SpaceX Space Operations Engineer Siva Bharadvaj said during live commentary.
According to SpaceX, Falcon 9's first stage touched down a little less than nine minutes later at sea on the SpaceX droneship called A Shortfall of Gravitas.
The satellites successfully deployed into low Earth orbit a little over 15 minutes after liftoff, said SpaceX, adding that this was the tenth launch and landing for this Falcon 9 first stage booster.
Starlink is a constellation of internet satellites built mainly to provide service for remote areas, with more than 3,100 estimated operational satellites in orbit.
It will deliver high-speed broadband internet to locations where access has been unreliable, expensive, or completely unavailable, according to SpaceX.
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