SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral – Spaceflight Now
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from the pad at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) to begin the Starlink 6-65 mission. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now
Update 12:29 a.m. EST (0529 UTC): SpaceX landed the first stage booster on its droneship.
SpaceX completed the first of its two final Falcon 9 launches of November, using launch pads in both Florida and California.
The Starlink 6-65 mission, which will add another 24 Starlink satellites to the company’s rapidly growing mega-constellation, lifted off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at midnight (0500 UTC) on Nov. 30.
Heading into the midnight mission, the 45th Weather Squadron forecast an 85 percent chance for favorable weather at liftoff, citing thick clouds along with gusty winds as potential concerns.
“[Precipitat...