🚀 Next launch Starlink Group 5-6
Rocket Falcon 9 Block 5
From SLC-40, Cape Canaveral 🇺🇸

🕙 Launch time
May 4th, 07:31 UTC

🌍 Mission information
Type Communications
Orbit Low Earth Orbit

🚀 Vehicle information
Core B1069.7 (7th flight ♻️)
Landing ASOG (ASDS 🌊)

ℹ️ A batch of 56 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
#Launch

When you walk on to a plane with Starlink, the internet just works – it's that simple

🚀 Next launch Starlink Group 2-9
Rocket Falcon 9 Block 5
From SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB 🇺🇸

🕙 Launch time
May 10th, 20:09 UTC

🌍 Mission information
Type Communications
Orbit Low Earth Orbit

🚀 Vehicle information
Core B1075.3 (3rd flight ♻️)
Landing OCISLY (ASDS 🌊)

ℹ️ A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
#Launch

‍Watch Falcon 9 launch 51 Starlink satellites to orbit → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzAcO60OPrk
Source: @SpaceX

Deployment of 51 Starlink satellites confirmed
Source: @SpaceX

Starlink setup instructions:
- Plug it in
- Point at sky

These instructions work in either order. No training required.

One-third of humanity remains offline, and many users only have basic connectivity.

The Ministry of Education in El Salvador—among many others around the world—is installing Starlink in schools to help close the digital divide

Targeting Sunday, May 14 at 05:03 UTC for Falcon 9’s launch of 56 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from SLC-40 in Florida → http://spacex.com/launches
Source: @SpaceX

Deployment of 56 Starlink satellites confirmed
Source: @SpaceX

Over one-third of secondary schools and two-thirds of primary schools around the world are not connected to the internet.

On the isolated island of Pangan-an in the Philippines, Starlink was set up to support 700+ elementary and high school students →
https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1961567/cebu/local-news/satellite-connects-isolated-cebu-island-to-the-internet…

New T-0 of 05:31 UTC for tonight’s launch of 22 second-generation Starlink satellites from Florida; weather trending better for liftoff
Source: @SpaceX

Second-gen satellites represent a step forward in Starlink capability with key technologies to provide ~4x more capacity per satellite than earlier iterations.

This means Starlink can provide more bandwidth with increased reliability and connect millions of more people around the world with high-speed internet

Starlink for RVs can be used anywhere Starlink provides service and is ideal for camping and other activities in rural or remote locations where internet access has been unreliable or completely unavailab

🚀 Next launch Starlink Group 2-10
Rocket Falcon 9 Block 5
From SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB 🇺🇸

🕙 Launch time
May 31st, 05:27 UTC

🌍 Mission information
Type Communications
Orbit Low Earth Orbit

🚀 Vehicle information
Core Unknown F9 (0th flight 🌟)
Landing OCISLY (ASDS 🌊)

ℹ️ A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
#Launch

Watch Falcon 9 launch 52 @Starlink satellites to orbit → spacex.com/launches

Deployment of 52 Starlink satellites confirmed
Source: @SpaceX

Starlink satellites are equipped with optical space lasers (pew pew), which allow us to provide truly global coverage and serve customers in the most remote locations on Earth

Starlink set an altitude and speed record for use in-flight during Starship’s first flight test, providing connectivity at 123,600+ feet and while traveling at Mach 1.7! 🛰️🚀