SpaceX launches its 13th Starlink mission.
                     SPACEX LAUNCHES ITS 
13TH STARLINK 
MISSION
INTRODUCTION
• The Hawthorne, California-based aerospace 
company aims to launch its 13th Starlink 
mission at 1:57 p.m. Eastern time from 
Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space 
Center in Florida.
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SPACEX
• Space Exploration Technologies Corp. is an 
American aerospace manufacturer and 
space transportation services company 
headquartered in Hawthorne, California. 
• It was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk with 
the goal of reducing space transportation 
costs to enable the colonization of Mars.
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FALCON 9 ROCKET
• The Falcon 9 rocket will carry 60 more 
satellites into orbit, bringing the 
constellation to about 750 satellites (minus 
about 30 that have been deorbited since 
the program started in May 2019).
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ANASIS-II MISSION
• The launch marks the third mission for the 
Falcon 9's first stage, which previously 
supported Crew Dragon’s first flight to the 
International Space Station with NASA 
astronauts onboard and the ANASIS-II 
mission.
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JUST READ THE INSTRUCTIONS
• About eight minutes after liftoff, SpaceX 
will attempt to recover the first stage once 
again on the "Just Read the Instructions" 
drone ship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
• In addition, one of the rocket's fairing 
halves previously supported two Starlink 
launches.
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SATELLITE DEPLOYMENT
• Starlink is meant to be a key source of 
income for SpaceX by providing global 
broadband internet service. 
• The company said it is targeting service to 
the northern United States and Canada this 
year, then aims to rapidly expand to near-
global coverage of the populated world by 
2021.
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BETA TEST
• A private beta test of the high-speed 
internet service is underway, with a public 
beta planned for later this year.
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POLLUTION
• The rapid ramp-up comes amid opposition 
to the project, which is rapidly filling the 
sky with hundreds of moving lights, 
polluting the view for astronomers and 
amateur sky gazers alike.
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STARLINK SATELLITES
In June, SpaceX launched a batch of Starlink 
satellites including one with a deployable 
visor to block sunlight from hitting the 
brightest spots of the spacecraft. 
A Starlink deployment on Aug. 7 marked the 
first time all of the satellites onboard had 
these sun visors.
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MAJOR PLAYER ON THE SPACE 
COAST
SpaceX has a major presence in Brevard 
County that's growing. 
The company, launches from Cape Canaveral 
as part of its Starlink program and in service 
of NASA's Commercial Crew program to put 
astronauts on the International Space 
Station. 
SpaceX in August won a $316 million U.S. 
Space Force contract to become one of the 
Department of Defense's top launch 
partners. 
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