SpaceX launched 28 new Starlink satellites into space on Tuesday.
The company stated in a statement that the Falcon 9 rocket launched from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Station in Florida, carrying broadband internet modules and satellites into low-Earth orbit. The satellites arrived in space approximately nine minutes later and were deployed into orbit 50 minutes later.
The company noted that the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket (Load 1077) completed its 22nd flight to and from space, landing on an unmanned spacecraft in the Atlantic Ocean.
SpaceX's Starlink network provides broadband internet service to areas around the world where other types of coverage are unavailable or disrupted. SpaceX has also begun providing direct mobile phone connectivity to areas affected by flash floods in Texas.
The Starlink network currently comprises more than 7,000 active satellites working together to provide high-speed internet coverage in most regions of the world, except for the poles, via ground-based receivers pointed toward the sky.
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