SpaceX had sent another batch of its Starlink internet satellites on Friday.

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SpaceX brought Group 3-3 of the Starlink constellation into the orbit 
A Falcon 9 rocket had launched the 46 Starlink craft into the space
Group 3 has been at an inclination of 97.6 degrees and at an altitude of 347 miles

SpaceX brought Group 3-3 of the Starlink constellation into the orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 5:40 p.m. EDT (2140 GMT; 2:40 p.m. native time).

A Falcon 9 rocket had launched the 46 Starlink craft into the space. After nine minutes of the launch, the rocket's first stage landed atop a drone ship within the Pacific Ocean about little less than nine minutes after rising. The second stage was expected to deploy the satellites 63 minutes when it was launched.

The new bunch of satellites were the part of Group 3 that orbits in a shell which would be prone to debris 'squalls' from a Russian anti-satellite test that eventually took place in November 2021.

It has been reported that the space-tracking company COMSPOC recently disclosed an event referred to as a 'conjunction squall,' at that time 6,000 close approaches had affected 841 Starlink satellites which would represent about 30 percent of the SpaceX constellation.

A conjunction, by COMSPOC standards has been defined as two orbiting objects being within six miles (10 kilometers) of each other. SpaceX has not yet commented on whether any of the Starlinks got affected. However, in past discussions about space junk, the company has emphasized that its satellites would be able to maneuver to dodge close-approaching spacecraft or debris.

Group 3 spacecraft were in a similar orbit to alternative sun-synchronous satellites that would have come close to the Russian ASAT debris before.

Group 3 has been at an inclination of 97.6 degrees and at an altitude of 347 miles (560 kilometers). SpaceX has already sent two alternative Group 3 collections into orbit, on July 10 and July 21, both of them from Vandenberg.

SpaceX's 36th launch of 2022 had added to its ever-growing record for launches in a year. The company had concluded its 62nd consecutive landing of a first stage, and a 34th re-flight of a booster in 2022.

As per SpaceX mission description, Friday's flight was the 10th for this specific Falcon 9 first stage.

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