SpaceX successfully launched last Tuesday, 26 additional Starlink broadband satellites into low Earth orbit. The mission originated from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in southern California.

SpaceX sent 26 more Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit on Tuesday (July 15), after a launch from southern California. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 7:05 p.m. PDT local (10:05 p.m. EDT or 0205 GMT July 18), escaping the fog and cloud cover blanketing Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base.

At present, the Starlink satellite constellation possesses a combined network capacity of almost 450Tbps, with a median peak latency of 25.7 milliseconds for American customers, thanks to its strategically placed gateway sites. The company hopes to reach a stable 20 millisecond median latency soon.