SpaceX Starlink Satellites Head To Operational Orbits
Credit: Marco Langbroek, Leiden, the Netherlands
CAPE CANAVERAL—SpaceX’s first 60 Starlink satellites, intended to demonstrate operations of a high-speed, broadband internet service, were maneuvering to their operational orbits 342 mi. (550 km) above Earth after fanning out like a deck of cards from the spinning upper stage of a Falcon 9. On May...
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