SpaceX New Launch: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 with 1st broadband internet satellites
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SpaceX completed another launch of its Falcon 9 rocket last Thursday morning, local time, with first two prototype satellites of its global broadband internet-in-space project, Starlink, successfully deployed in orbit.
The two Starlink demo satellites are called Tintin A & B, they can communicate with earth stations. The Falcon 9's first stage separates from the second stage moments after about two minutes from liftoff. The launch's primary mission is to deliver PAZ, a radar-imaging satellite, into orbit for the Spain-based company Hisdesat. PAZ is equipped with an advanced radar instrument and will orbit Earth 15 times per day, serving both commercial and government needs.