SpaceX Launches 106 Starlink Satellites with Launches from California, Florida
SpaceX launched 106 Starlink broadband satellites in a pair of launches conducted less than 24 hours apart from launch complexes in California and Florida.
On Friday, May 13, a Falcon 9 launched 53 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The first stage booster, which landed on an offshore drone ship, previously launched Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, and two Starlink missions.
On Saturday, Falcon 9 launched 53 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The flight involved the rare launch of a new Falcon 9 rocket. The first stage landed on an off-shore drone ship.
SpaceX has launched 2,600 Starlink satellites, which provide low-latency broadband service around the globe. Starlink is now available in 32 countries.
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If they succeed with their next launch on May 18, 2022, SpaceX will have done three Starlink launches in one week showing their surge ability. Russia meanwhile continues to target the Starlink system.
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Elon Musk says Russia is ramping up cyberattacks on SpaceX’s Starlink systems in Ukraine
By Elizabeth Howell published May 12, 2022
SpaceX has been trying to help Ukraine stay online amid the ongoing invasion, which began Feb. 24.
“But Musk says it’s been a difficult environment. “Starlink has resisted Russian cyberwar jamming & hacking attempts so far, but they’re ramping up their efforts,” he wrote on Twitter Tuesday (May 10).”
The ability of even “civilian” Starlink terminals to resist a best-efforts EW/cyber attack by a major military power is priceless word-of-mouth advertising.