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SpaceX launches a record 100-plus satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket – CNET

Elon Musk’s space company sends a swarm of satellites to orbit in a single go.

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SpaceX shared this scenic view of a Falcon 9 awaiting launch.
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SpaceX lifted a record-breaking number of satellites in a single payload when its Transporter-1 ride-share mission blasted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 7 a.m. PT (10 a.m. ET) on Sunday morning.
The payload for this space equivalent of an Uber to orbit includes a cornucopia of small satellites from government and commercial entities, along with 10 of SpaceX’s own Starlink broadband satellites. In total, the company says…

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