SpaceX Set To Launch Largest Satellite Orbiting Earth

SpaceX Set To Launch Largest Satellite Orbiting Earth

SpaceX intends ultimately to launch tens of thousands of satellites to beam broadband around the globe.. SpaceX has 182 of its dinner table-size Starlink satellites in orbit, each weighing about 573 pounds.. The rocket scheduled to lift off Monday carries 60 more satellites.. The space firm test-fired on Jan. 19 the rocket that will carry the satellites, the same day the company also conducted a successful abort test of its Crew Dragon capsule from Kennedy Space Center..