SpaceX Launches Third Flight In Five Days, Lifts Starlink Satellites To Orbit

SpaceX Starlink launch
Credit: SpaceX
CAPE CANAVERAL—SpaceX sent its 47th batch of Starlink satellites into orbit on May 18, marking the company’s third launch within five days. A 229-ft.-tall Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 6:59 a.m. EDT with 53 satellites for SpaceX’s still-growing Starlink broadband...

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