The American company SpaceX is facing a really challenging year in 2021, which it intends to jump into headfirst. Today at 14:02 PM CET, another Starlink mission will launch, when the Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of 60 Starlink satellites into space, which should once again increase the speed and coverage of Musk's "space internet". Beta testing is in full swing. This has been happening in the USA and Canada since last year. Recently, for example, in the UK. The list of countries is expected to continue to grow, for example by Greece or Argentina. Starlink itself is a very controversial project. Great idea aside, the company faces a lot of criticism for things like observing the night sky. After SpaceX started coating the satellites with a special paint, the discussion died down somewhat. In any case, you can watch the launch of the next batch of satellites below.
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As for the company's other projects, we could soon see the jump of a prototype Starship spacecraft called SN-9. It should also see the completion of the next SN-10 prototype. A little later, the first prototype of the seventy-two meter high Super Heavy launch vehicle could be tested. The test should consist of a jump of up to 150 meters using two to four Raptor engines (the rocket is to be powered by up to 28 of these engines in the final). If all goes according to plan, this launch vehicle with Starship could fly into Earth orbit this year.
