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SpaceX's Falcon 9 launches 2 Foxconn low-Earth orbit satellites
short by Soheib Ahsan / on Monday, 4 May, 2026
Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn said two of its second-generation low-Earth orbit satellites were launched on Sunday by a Falcon 9 rocket of SpaceX from California. The PEARL-1A and PEARL-1B satellites successfully entered their intended orbits, it added. Foxconn's subsidiary Hon Hai Research Institute said the satellites will enable broadband communication between them and ground stations.
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