A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025 at 6:02 p.m. EST.
The BlueWalker 3 satellite was fully deployed, making it the "largest-ever commercial communications array in low Earth orbit," at 693 square feet, according to AST SpaceMobile. Credit: AST ...
Though it wasn't given a name at the time, CEO Elon Musk said that the company had filed documents with international regulators to place about 4,000 satellites in Low Earth Orbit. "We're really ...