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SpaceX launches Falcon 9 carrying Starlink satellites
SpaceX sent another Falcon 9 into obit on Tuesday night, with liftoff just after 9 p.m. from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A on Tuesday night.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - SpaceX sent another Falcon 9 into obit on Tuesday night, with liftoff just after 9 p.m. from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A.
On board the Falcon 9 were 49 Starlink satellites to help provide internet services and affordable internet across the world.
Approximately 9 minutes after liftoff, the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket landed on the drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean –the 103rd overall successful recovery of a first stage.
SpaceX says each of Falcon 9’s fairing halves previously supported one Starlink mission.
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The launch comes just a couple of days after SpaceX launched dozens of satellites on its Transporter 3 mission.
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