U.S. private space company SpaceX successfully launched 21 Starlink satellites into orbit early Monday.
The launch took place at 12:35 a.m. Eastern Time from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, using a Falcon 9 rocket, as confirmed by SpaceX. Among the deployed satellites, 13 are equipped with Direct-to-Cell capabilities.
The mission marked the 14th flight for the Falcon 9 rocket’s first-stage booster, demonstrating its reusability and efficiency.
Starlink, SpaceX’s satellite internet service, aims to provide high-speed broadband to areas where connectivity is unreliable, costly, or nonexistent.