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A cluster of 60 SpaceX Starlink satellites before launch on January 29, 2020. The launch, believed to have cost SpaceX $50 million, was the company's third launch of an operational batch of Starlink satellites. (Image Credit: SpaceX)

At its 11th Starlink launch today, astronautic launch services provider and equipment manufacturer Space Exploration Technologies Corp (SpaceX) revealed that it has started to test the next-generation of its satellites. SpaceX's spacecraft, which is designed to provide internet coverage over the United States and all over the globe, currently work by communicating with ground stations and user terminals to complete internet links. The first-generation of satellites are limited in this regard since they need ground stations to complete the link between consumers and web servers.