SpaceX, Elon Musk's space exploration company, at 20:50 (LT USA) yesterday, with Falcon 9 launched 22 Starlink satellites towards low Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) of the Cape Canaveral Space Station in California.
This was the sixth launch and landing for the Falcon 9 first stage booster, which previously launched CRS-26, OneWeb Launch 16, Intelsat IS-40e and now three Starlink missions.
The first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket then landed on a barge called Just Read the Instructions.
SpaceX is flying its space missions with increasing regularity
On Wednesday, SpaceX launched 15 more Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Station in California.
Starlink is a constellation of satellites currently under construction by the American private aerospace manufacturer SpaceX for low-latency broadband global satellite internet access.
To ensure high-quality, high-bandwidth, low-latency connectivity (as far as possible) that is available everywhere, the satellites used for the Starlink constellation are of type LEO (Low Earth Orbit) and therefore orbit at a distance of about 550 km from the earth's surface.
The system currently has about 3.500 satellites but the goal is to exceed 12.000.
Internet everywhere
Elon Musk is carrying out the project to provide satellite internet connection everywhere, the so-called Internet Everywhere, especially in areas of the planet not yet covered by the traditional internet line, such as rural and mountainous areas. Just think that thanks to the Starlink network, the Ukrainian soldiers have been able to continue military operations by taking advantage of stable communications that cannot be compromised by the enemy.
To access the Starlink service, each user must use an antenna to be positioned on the ground which will communicate with the various satellites. With the purchase of the Starlink kit, the user will receive a WiFi router, the necessary cables and the self-orienting antenna. The only requirement: the antenna must have a clear view of the sky in order to communicate effectively with the satellites.
Once everything is assembled, it will be possible to connect to the internet via satellite in a few minutes.
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