SpaceX Successfully Launches Eighth Starlink Mission in March.

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SpaceX Successfully Launches Eighth Starlink Mission in March.
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 B1077-4 launched 56 Starlink v1.5 satellites into low Earth orbit, marking the 20th Falcon 9 launch of 2023 and the 21st overall SpaceX launch. The first stage landed on Just Read the Instructions in the Caribbean, near the Bahamas. The 56 satellites will be moved to an operational circular orbit of 530 kilometers altitude over the coming months. SpaceX has launched 4,217 Starlink satellites into orbit, with at least 302 satellites no longer in orbit. Starlink has over one million active subscribers and an open waitlist for future users.

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