Youmei Zhou, launch commentator at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, said the second stage continued to move toward orbit. It has deployed all the satellites there.
Starlink is a satellite-based global internet system. For many years, SpaceX has been building Starlink to provide access to the Internet in less accessible areas of the world.
Saturday’s mission was Starlink’s 34th launch. It has a group of about 2,000 satellites in low Earth orbit.
Starlink is preparing to launch its service in many countries. India is also included in this. The company is preparing to make its service live in ten rural Lok Sabha of India. SpaceX aims to provide high-speed Internet access to remote areas using the satellite group under Starlink. The company counts India as one of the markets in which there is a huge potential for growth of its service in the future.
Starlink was first launched in February 2018. Starlink currently has over 1,600 satellites that help provide high-speed internet. There is beta testing connectivity in other 14 regions including Australia, Canada, Chile, Portugal, UK and US.
The arrival of Starlink in India can give a tough competition to traditional internet service providers including Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio. The launch could also impact the growth of state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), which has a strong presence in rural India.
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