SpaceX has launched 96 Falcon 9 missions so far in 2024, two-thirds of them dedicated to building out the Starlink network. The company has also launched two Falcon Heavy missions and three test flights of its Starship megarocket this year.

SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a payload of 20 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 7:31 p.m. EDT Friday.

Satellites in orbit are already an obstacle for astronomers. Sending tens of thousands more could compound issues without any solutions.

SpaceX launched 20 Starlink satellites from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Friday. The Falcon 9, carrying 20 satellites, successfully liftoff at 7:31 p.m.

Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, said the company was once forced to "kidnap" seals and conduct bizarre experiments on them to assess the impact of environment on rocket launches.

History was made on Sunday as Elon Musk’s SpaceX was able to “catch” the booster of its Starship rocket after a test flight.

This will be a 150-kg high-resolution indigenously-developed satellite, and we plan to launch a constellation of five satellites, with Drishiti being the first. By this time next year, we will already be in space.