SpaceX on July 16 delivered 24 more satellites for rival Amazon’s Kuiper broadband constellation.
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By owning and operating its own launch service, SpaceX crossed a financial barrier that helped derail previous efforts to deploy a global broadband constellation in low Earth orbit. As of July 16, SpaceX has dedicated 283 flights of its workhorse Falcon 9 to deliver batches of Starlink satellites...
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