# SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites, along with rideshare satellites

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/spacex-launches-more-starlink-satellites-along-with-rideshare-satellites/
- Published: 2021-05-17T09:00:27-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo caption: SpaceX’s first 60 Starlink satellites just before deploying into orbit. Photo credit… SpaceX. Article by Georgina Torbet. Digital Trends – May 16, 2021  SpaceX continued the growth of its Starlink satellite constellation with the launch of dozens of more satellites on Saturday. At 6:56 p.m. ET (3:56 p.m. PT) on Saturday, May 15, a Falcon 9 rocket took off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. It carried 52 Starlink satellites into orbit, as well as additional payloads from two commercial customers: A synthetic aperture radar satellite for Capella Space and a Tyvak-0130 satellite. […] Click here to view original web page at www.digitaltrends.com