By: Klyde Carpizo
"The worm is back" former NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine tweeted as the legendary rocket called Falcon 9 is set to launch another satellite mission releasing 60 more satellites in the orbit providing potential boost for scaling a faster internet connection for the upcoming opening of Star Link, an internet service provider funded by Elon musk.
There are at least 1,440 Star link broadband satellites in the orbit and has the target to reach 12,000 units in 2030.But in the long run, SpaceX is given the permission to have 30,000 satellites more with the FCC (Federal Communication Commission) in which the company is reaching that goal as fast as possible.
The Falcon 9 is calibrated with the long time booster B1058 setting up to prove a valuable in launching off rockets and according to Jim's tweet it has the iconic NASA's worm logo.
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The launch was set up to take off on April 7,2021 and had a successful mission setting off Star Link satellites in the orbit. Falcon 9 is also successful in it's touched down landing at the SpaceX's port landing in the Atlantic Ocean.
For Star link customers, most users experience a fluctuation of speed through out the day but updates of fixing it can be determined by operations of launching off satellites might be smoothen the connection.
Although Star link is limited to the public, users from the United States approves the report about the impressive 200mbs speed and will continue to improve over time.
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