Elon Musk's space venture SpaceX has successfully launched 48 new Starlink satellites into orbit.
The company said that the new batch of satellites was launched aboard a two-stage Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
According to SpaceX, this launch marked the fourth flight and landing for its particular Falcon 9 first stage.
Starlink is the giant constellation of broadband satellites that SpaceX is assembling in low Earth orbit.
The company has already launched more than 2,000 Starlink craft since 2019, and many more will go up in the near future.
The report said that SpaceX has permission to launch 12,000 Starlink satellites and has applied for approval for up to 30,000 more.
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