SpaceX Launches First Batch of Starlink Satellites for Direct-to-Cell Internet

SpaceX Launches First Batch of Starlink Satellites for Direct-to-Cell Internet

SpaceX, the rocket enterprise based via billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, has successfully launched its first batch of six Starlink satellites on January 2, 2024. The satellites are a part of a constellation that goals to provide high-speed, low-latency net provider immediately to cellphones and different gadgets from space. The release befell at 9:15 a.M. EST from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, the usage of a Falcon 9 rocket that had formerly flown four times. The rocket's first degree landed on a drone deliver in the Atlantic Ocean, marking the one hundredth landing of a Falcon 9 booster. The six Starlink satellites were deployed into a low-Earth orbit approximately an hour after liftoff. The release became streamed live on X, Musk's social platform that he launched in 2022 as a rival to Twitter and Facebook. X allows users to post brief messages, pictures, videos, and live streams, in addition to interact with Musk and other celebrities, influencers, and spe…