SpaceX launch aborted Starlink satellites

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SpaceX aborted the Falcon 9 rocket launch with Starlink satellites

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15 Starlink satellites Mission was to be deploy into low-Earth orbit

Only 5 seconds before the scheduled lift off at 10:25 p.m from Space Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space

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SpaceX was 48th launch of the year and 247 all time

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Starlink satellite weighs around 500 pounds

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Falcon 9 launch of Starlink targeting at 9:09 p.m. PT Wednesday

Starlink is a network design satellite for internet connectivity to golbly.

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Starlink have been launced 4,822 satellites of which 3,734 placed in operational orbit

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