Musk: “So Far, So Good” For SpaceX’s 60 Starlink Satellites After Launch Written 28 May 2019
28 May 2019
SPACE reported that “SpaceX’s internet-satellite megaconstellation appears to be off to a good start in low-Earth orbit.” After the launch of 60 Starlink satellites, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said in a post on Twitter, “So far, so good.” He added in a separate message, “Krypton thrusters operative, satellites initiating orbit raise every 90 mins.” (Image: SpaceX Falcon 9, with a payload of 60 satellites for SpaceX's Starlink broadband network, lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, FL, 23 May 2019. Credit: Associated Press-©)
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SPACE reported that “SpaceX’s internet-satellite megaconstellation appears to be off to a good start in low-Earth orbit.” After the launch of 60 Starlink satellites, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said in a post on Twitter, “So far, so good.” He added in a separate message, “Krypton thrusters operative, satellites initiating orbit raise every 90 mins.” (Image: SpaceX Falcon 9, with a payload of 60 satellites for SpaceX's Starlink broadband network, lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, FL, 23 May 2019. Credit: Associated Press-©)
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