In a spectacular sight, a Falcon 9 rocket of Elon Musk’s Space X flew past the full moon on Saturday. The launch of the rocket, which took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, made for a beautiful sight for people especially in Florida.
People across the state gathered to witness the spectacle and captured it. Pictures and videos of the Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 Starlink satellites have flooded social media.
The Falcon 9, SpaceX’s flagship rocket, was launched on Saturday at 8:53 pm ET and carried 21 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Out of the 21 satellites launched, 13 were equipped with Direct to Cell capabilities.
Starlink says that satellites with Direct to Cell capabilities enable connectivity in remote regions and have an advanced eNodeB modem onboard that acts like a cellphone tower in space, allowing network integration similar to a standard roaming partner.
