SpaceX Launches 60 More Mini Satellites for Global Internet

SpaceX Launches 60 More Mini Satellites for Global Internet
A prototype of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft at the company's launch facility in Boca Chica, Texas, on Sept. 28, 2019. Loren Elliott/Getty Images
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—SpaceX launched 60 mini-satellites Nov. 11, the second batch of an orbiting network meant to provide global internet coverage.

The Falcon rocket blasted into the morning sky, marking the unprecedented fourth flight of a booster for SpaceX. The compact flat-panel satellites—just 575 pounds (260 kilograms) each—will join 60 launched in May.