A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket climbs away from Cape Canaveral on a Veterans Day mission to launch a second batch of 60 Starlink internet relay satellites. (Photo: SpaceX)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. private space company SpaceX launched its second batch of 60 Starlink satellites into space on Monday, in an effort to build a 12,000-strong or even more satellite network capable of providing broadband internet services.
The Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the satellites, was lifted off at 9:56 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (1456 GMT) from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force, Florida, according to SpaceX live broadcast.
It came after SpaceX deployed its first batch of 60 Starlink satellites into the orbits on May 23. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced on Oct. 22 that those broadband satellites are functioning.
SpaceX designed Starlink to connect end users with low-latency and high-bandwidth broadband services by providing continual coverage around the world using a network of thousands of satellites in low Earth orbit, according to the company.