Another 180 SpaceX Starlink satellites are headed for space

[Mike Wehner]

• SpaceX is going to launch three Starlink missions in less than three weeks' time.
• Nearly 200 Starlink satellites will be carried to Earth orbit over the course of three separate launches.
• The company says it may launch up to 54,000 satellites before the Starlink program is truly ready to serve the planet with high-speed data connectivity.

SpaceX's schedule of launches has remained steady throughout 2020, despite all of the external factors that could have negatively impacted the company. Now, after successfully sending astronauts to the International Space Station and blowing up a Starship prototype, the company is ramping up its tiny little side project that could provide high-speed data for the majority of the entire planet. Nothing major.

As Business Insider points out, SpaceX's Starlink satellite launch schedule looks absolutely bonkers right now, with three launches planned over the course of just 18 days. Assuming each of those missions will deliver the standard number of Starlink satellites (60 each), the company is poised to send nearly 200 communications satellites into orbit in less than three weeks.

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