SpaceX successfully places dozens of Starlink satellites into constellation VIDEO/PHOTO

The Falcon 9 launch vehicle has successfully launched a batch of 22 mini-satellites into orbit to be planted into the Starlink global internet coverage system.

SpaceX announced the launch of their mission on February 1 via its official X page, Caliber.Az reports. 

Watch Falcon 9 launch 22 @Starlink satellites to orbit from California https://t.co/TlsKZM5shv

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 1, 2025

The rocket was launched from the US Space Force base at Vandenberg in California. The reusable booster stage of the rocket returned to the company's autonomous spaceport droneship platform called "Of Course I Still Love You" in the Pacific Ocean.

Starlink is a satellite network developed by Elon Musk's SpaceX which is capable of providing low-cost internet coverage to remote locations. There are currently 6,994 Starlink satellites in orbit which provide internet access all over the world, including to war-torn Ukrainian regions who have lost vital infrastructure in the course of the military hostilities with Russia.

By Nazrin Sadigova