SpaceX Delivers First Direct-To-Cell Starlink Satellites Into Orbit

Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX opened its 2024 launch manifest on Jan. 2 with a Falcon 9 mission to continue building its Starlink satellite constellation, including the first spacecraft with direct-to-cellphone communications technology. The Falcon 9 lifted off at 10:44 p.m. EST from SpaceX’s West Coast launch site at...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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