SpaceX, the U.S. space exploration technology company, launched 53 more Starlink Internet satellites into near-Earth orbit on Sunday, according to foreign media reports.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 53 Starlink Internet satellites lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Station at 10:20 a.m. EDT Sunday.
With Sunday’s successful launch, SpaceX has launched 2,858 Starlink Internet satellites, including prototype satellites and test satellites that are no longer operational.
Back in January 2015, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced the Starlink satellite Internet service project, which aims to provide high-speed Internet access to users around the world, especially in rural and remote areas. Currently, the company’s satellite Internet service covers nearly 40 markets worldwide.
Since the announcement of the project, SpaceX has carried out a number of Starlink satellite launches. On Sunday, the company said that this was its 52nd Starlink satellite launch and the fourth Starlink satellite launch since this month. Earlier this month, foreign media reported that SpaceX plans to conduct five Starlink satellite launches in July.
It is reported that SpaceX’s Starlink satellite Internet service project has been seeking to expand its user base from personal broadband users in rural areas with poor network coverage to corporate customers in the automotive, marine and aviation sectors.
At the end of May, it was revealed that Starlink had more than 400,000 subscribers worldwide, up from just over 90,000 at the beginning of August last year.
In addition, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) earlier this month approved SpaceX’s application to use its Starlink satellite Internet on mobile vehicles, including cars, trucks, ships and airplanes.
