GREENSBORO, N.C. — Mission number four for SpaceX's Starlink Program is in the books bringing the total number of satellites in orbit to 240!
The Falcon 9 rocket took the satellites to space at approximately 9:06 this morning. The mission is part of a program aimed at putting thousands of satellites in low orbit in a network style web.
The lower orbit will allow internet service to reach all corners of the US and Canada through the satellites.
SpaceX has more than 20 missions like this planned through the end of the year with the goal of getting to a total somewhere between 600 and 800 of them by the end of the year.
They say that would be enough to offer the service by 2021.