How do the satellites from SpaceX Starlink get all released at one time, but still spread out enough on their own to cover the globe?

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How do the satellites from SpaceX Starlink get all released at one time, but still spread out enough on their own to cover the globe?

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The satellites will have small thrusters and fuel on board which they’ll use to adjust their orbits to spread out from each other and future stationkeeping.