BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — SpaceX crews successfully launched another rocket from Florida’s Space Coast on Monday.
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The rocket took off at 11:43 a.m. from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The Falcon 9 rocket will aim to deploy 21 new Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit.
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SpaceX said 13 of those satellites will have direct-to-cell capabilities.
Starlink satellites are used to increase the company’s internet capability to locations around the globe.
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