SpaceX rocket launches 24 mini-satellites into orbit for Starlink internet coverage

SpaceX on December 4 reported that the Falcon 9 rocket launched into orbit 24 mini-satellites for the Internet coverage network of the Starlink system.

"Falcon 9 delivers 24 Starlink-satellites into orbit from Florida," the company said in a message in the social network X (former Twitter).

Earlier, on October 27, the company's press service reported that the new satellites were successfully put into orbit to operate the global orbital Internet network Starlink. A total of 22 objects managed to put into orbit.

In July, SpaceX was unable to put into orbit satellites Starlink because of the failure of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle. During the launch, one of the engines of the spacecraft failed, resulting in the satellites were deployed at a lower orbital altitude than originally planned.

Then the head of the company-developer Ilon Musk said that the satellites are not able to independently rise to the desired height. The malfunction of Falcon 9 was the first for the last seven years of uninterrupted operation of the rocket.