BLASTOFF! SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launched 60 more mini internet satellites from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Monday night.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- SpaceX launched 60 more mini internet satellites late Monday, this time testing a dark coating to appease stargazers.and astronomers fearful of having dark skies spoiled by hundreds and, eventually, thousands of bright satellites circling overhead.for its fourth flight. As the first-stage booster flew to a vertical landing on an ocean platform, the Starlink satellites continued hurtling toward orbit to join 120 similar spacecraft launched last year.
Jeff Hall, director of the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, said the Starlinks have been just an occasional problem — so far — but noted the risk to stargazing will grow as the constellation expands and other companies launch their own fleets. He heads the American Astronomical Society's committee on light pollution, space debris, and radio interference, and is working with SpaceX on the issue.
The Starlinks are initially placed in a relatively low orbit of 180 miles , easily visible as a long, strung-out cluster parading through the night sky. Over a few months, krypton-powered thrusters raise the satellites to a 340-mile orbit.
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