Weather prompts delay of Starlink satellites launch

ORLANDO, Fla. - SpaceX is planning to launch another batch of Starlink satellites from Kennedy Space Center this week. 

The launch had been pushed to Tuesday morning, but due to rough weather in the recovery area, SpaceX is now targeting no earlier than Wednesday, February 3, at 5:57 a.m.

Liftoff will be from Launch Pad 39A. 

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A cold front moved across the Florida peninsula on Monday, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a wind chill advisory that goes into effect on Tuesday morning.

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Starlink satellites reportedly help provide global internet coverage from space. 

"With performance that far surpasses that of traditional satellite Internet, and a global network unbounded by ground infrastructure limitations, Starlink will deliver high-speed broadband internet to locations where access has been unreliable, expensive, or completely unavailable," SpaceX says. 

Sixty briefcase-sized satellites are launched at a time, then released one after another. They use low-powered thrusters to slowly space themselves out, a process that takes several months.

SpaceX says there are now hundreds of Starlink satellites in orbit, the largest constellation of artificial satellites. The plan is to eventually have thousands of the small satellites in orbit.

Their orbits can be tracked online on various websites, including Starflare.com.

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