SpaceX launches 60 more mini satellites that provide internet coverage

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk-led X launched 60 mini-satellites on vember 11. This happened to be second batch of an orbiting network that is supposed to provide global internet cover. On Monday morning, X's Falcon rocket blasted into sky. launch marked unprecedented fourth flight of a booster for a private American aero manufacturer and transportation services company. compact flat-panel satellites weigh 575 pounds (260 kilograms) each and y will join previous 60 launched satellites launched in May. X boss Elon Musk is looking to send thousands of se Starlink satellites into orbit.

X to provide global internet cover

This way, Musk aims to provide high-speed internet service cover everywhere. Musk has plans to start service next year in rrn U.S. and Cana, with global cover for populated areas after 24 launches. Last month, Musk used an orbiting Starlink satellite to send a tweet: “Whoa, it worked!!” X employees gared at company bases on both coasts cheered when first-st booster landed on a floating platform in Atlantic.

“se boosters are designed to be used 10 times. Let’s turn it around for a fifth, guys,” company’s launch commentator said.

This also marked first time X used a previously flown se cone. X reuses rocket parts to cut costs. Stacked flat inside top of rocket, newly launched X satellites were going to maeuvre even higher following liftoff, using krypton-powered thrusters. X said re was a potential problem with one of 60 that could prevent it from moving beyond its initial 174 mile-high (280 kilometre-high) orbit. In that case, faulty satellite will be commanded to re-enter and burn up harmlessly in atmosphere.

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Each satellite has an automous system for dodging junk. In September, however, European ncy h to move one of its satellites out of way of a Starlink satellite. X later said it corrected problem. X is among several companies interested in providing broband internet cover worldwide, especially in areas where it costs too much or is unreliable. Ors include OneWeb and Jeff Bezos’ Amazon. According to Musk, Starlink revenue can help X develop rockets and craft for travelling to Mars, his overriding ambition.

(With AP inputs)