Multiple Blue Rings At 2:13 p.m. EDT on Thursday, the two-stage Falcon 9 launched from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station At 2:13 p.m. EDT on Thursday, the two-stage Falcon 9 launched from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

Forty more internet satellites for rival OneWeb were launched by SpaceX

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SpaceX’s 16th Mission of the Year...

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Later this month, OneWeb plans to launch 36 more broadband satellites on an Indian GSLV Mk.3 rocket.

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The rocket's upper stage, meanwhile, continued making its way to low Earth orbit (LEO).

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The OneWeb satellites were deployed in small batches beginning about 59 minutes after liftoff.

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OneWeb, which switched launch providers from Russia's Soyuz rocket to SpaceX and Indian rockets last year after the Russian invasion of Ukraine

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