SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket taking off at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in March last year. Recently, a Falcon 9 rocket delivered a cluster of 60 satellites into orbit. — AFP Relaxnews
SpaceX on Jan 6 launched its third batch of 60 mini-satellites into orbit, part of its plans to build a giant constellation of thousands of spacecraft that will form a global broadband Internet system.
The cluster of 60 satellites separated successfully from a Falcon 9 rocket above the ocean between Australia and Antarctica an hour after its launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 9:19pm (10:19am on Jan 7, Malaysia time).
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