SpaceX puts into orbit 60 satellites to create its own Internet network

SpaceX aerospace company, founded by Elon Musk, launched Thursday night the first 60 satellites of its Starlink project, with which it seeks create your own satellite internet network high speed

"The successful deployment of the 60 Starlink satellites is confirmed!" published a few hours ago the company's Twitter account.

The launch of the Falcon 9 rocket took place in Cape Canaveral, United States, at 22:30 local time. It was the third attempt to launch the rocket after the bligaran weather last week to suspend the first two.

The goal of SpaceX is to create with future versions a constellation of satellites offering Internet speeds similar to those of broadband all over the planet.

The satellites will orbit between 340 and 1,150 kilometers above the surface of the Earth, much closer to the 35,400 kilometers traveled by satellites that currently offer this service at a connection speed lower than that predicted by Starlink.

Musk calculates that Internet business can generate revenue of $ 30,000 million a year for your business, far from the 3,000 million currently produced with freight transport.

With this new launch, SpaceX officially enters the running to create its own network of this type in space with competing companies such as OneWeb, which launched its first satellites in February, Telesat and Blue Origin, owned by the owner of Amazon, Jeff Bezos. .