Washington. May 5. INTERFAX-The American company SpaceX is preparing to launch the second batch of 60 Starlink Internet satellites into orbit on Sunday, the specialized website Spaceflight Now reported.
The launch of the Falcon 9 heavy launch vehicle with mini-satellites to replenish the orbital grouping of the global Internet coverage of the Starlink system is expected to be carried out on May 9 at 02: 42 East Coast time (at 09: 42 Moscow time) from the 40th launch complex at the Cape Canaveral cosmodrome (Florida).
This will be the 27th launch of a group of Internet satellites since May 2019 as part of the Starlink project. SpaceX's orbital constellation already consists of 1,563 spacecraft. The previous batch of 60 Starlink satellites was launched on May 4.
At the same time, in mid-May, another launch of the Starlink group of Internet satellites is planned, already the third in a month.
The company is currently the largest satellite operator in the world.
