SpaceX Launches Next-Gen Starlink (Broadcast)

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A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink 5-1 satellite cluster — the first generation 2 (Gen2) of SpaceX’s internet satellites — is scheduled to launch at 4:30 a.m. ET (11:30 a.m. ET) from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in coastal Florida. . You can watch the launch live in the header of this article, which starts about 5 minutes before kick-off.

This launch marks the first upgraded Starlink network. Under our new license, we can now deploy satellites in new orbits, which will add even more network capacity“, SpaceX wrote in the mission description. “Ultimately, this allows us to add more customers and provide faster service, especially in regions that are currently oversubscribed“.

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