Elon Musk Has Over 1000 Satellites In Space For Internet Access To All On Earth

This week was a sad day for SpaceX as the test for SN9 rocket on Tuesday ended with a bang with the landing of the rocket not going as planned.

However, this didn¡¯t SpaceX lose hope and on Thursday it launched its Falcon 9 rocket to space, to deploy Starlink satellites.

Trevor Mahlman

And the rocket was flying into space, a videographer managed to capture the Falcon 9 rocket pass the lunar orbit with the moon in the background in a rather beautiful and majestic video.

The video was captured by one Trevor Mahlmann, who managed to point his camera at the right angle, capturing the massive 207-foot rocket. The video also shows the long stream of fire leaving a trail as the rocket is blazing fast towards its destination.

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Over 1,000 satellites in space

Falcon 9 was on a mission -- Starlink-18 -- to deploy 60 additional Starlink satellites to its constellation, bringing the total count to 1,095.

In a conversation with Daily Mail, Mahlman revealed that he used Canon EOS R5 camera while picking Merrit Island as the vantage point for this breathtaking video. Merrit Island is roughly 17.9 miles away from the Kennedy Space Centre -- the launchpad for Falcon 9.

He revealed how he initially had plans to shoot the Falcon 9 but it wasn¡¯t really planned, in fact, it was more of a last-minute decision as he had just come home after witnessing the SN9 rocket launch from SpaceX's Boca Chica, Texas.

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Unlike the SN9, however, the rocket managed to successfully land as well, on the ¡®Of Course I Still Love You¡¯ drone ship which was waiting for it at Port Canaveral in Florida.

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While Starlink 18 blasted off last night, Starlink 17 was scheduled to head on Monday, but it got scrubbed due to bad weather conditions. Moreover, SpaceX felt they needed more pre-flight checks.

Check out the video below: