However, the fact SpaceX is even able to contemplate pulling-off two near-simultaneous missions from Cape Canaveral and Texas is yet another indication of the private space company’s enviable operational capacity.
SpaceX has within a year transitioned from launching 242 Starlink satellites to exceeding 1,000 as it expands its satellites constellation.
This growing web encircling the glove is to dedicated to providing broadband access around the world, particularly for people currently lacking quality internet options.
Those 962 so -called Starlink “smallsats” remaining operational in orbit have already made a real-world difference to customers on the ground.
Glowing reports have emerged on online forums such as Reddit’s r/Starlink, since the October 2020 opening of Starlink’s Better Than Nothing Beta.