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Detailed explanation-1: -SpaceX says that this launch marks the first of Starlink’s upgraded network. “Under our new licence, we are now able to deploy satellites to new orbits that will add even more capacity to the network,” the company said on its website.

Detailed explanation-2: -Watch a replay of our live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the Starlink 5-3 mission at 2:58 a.m. EST (0758 GMT) on Feb. 2 from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

Detailed explanation-3: -For the time being, SpaceX is the leader in this new internet age. The company is responsible for almost half of the total active satellites orbiting Earth, and its Starlink internet service, which is now available in dozens of countries, hit 1 million users in December.

Detailed explanation-4: -Operating in low Earth orbit, thousands of Starlink satellites will be used to provide high-speed, low-latency internet service to customers around the world - particularly in areas where traditional terrestrial internet services are less available.