This year the SpaceX company is carrying out the fifth launch of LEO satellites for the Starlink fast wireless Internet network.
60 new units were launched from the already operating 1000 units in orbit. According to the company, to cover the entire globe with the Internet, 1200 devices are needed in orbit, and also, in the same statement, it was said about the planned 3000 satellites to increase the speed and capacity of the network, as well as increase the coverage area of the Internet. The company has already provided access to the Starlink network to a part of the population, where there is a coverage and service area.
But that's not all the news from SpaceX. To speed up the delivery of equipment, the Starship reusable rocket will be able to deliver 400 satellites per flight into low-earth orbit. Last Wednesday, you could watch the Starship test launch, which was very successful. The whole world watched as the rocket took off and, having made a pre-landing maneuver, softly landed vertically on the platform. According to the test results, it can be said that Starship is only a few years away from the breakthrough and from return flights.
In any case, after Starlink is finally deployed, the services of the Starship rocket will be necessary, because it will be necessary to deliver new equipment to the ground for failed devices with a service life of about five years.
SpaceX has done a tremendous job and set ambitious tasks, which, judging by the tests that took place on Wednesday, it will fulfill and this is very encouraging.