SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 return to flight mission – Spaceflight Now
A Falcon 9 stands ready for the Starlink 8-10 mission at Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 40. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now.
Update 4:04 a.m. EDT: SpaceX launched the mission and landed its first stage booster on its droneship, ‘Just Read the Instructions.’
After shuffling the launch schedule a bit, SpaceX kicked off what it hopes will be back-to-back launches from both coasts in the span of less than an hour. The company launched the Starlink 8-10 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and plans to launch another flight another batch of Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The launch will add another 21 Starlink satellites to SpaceX’s growing megaconstellation in low Earth orbit. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) happened at 3:43 a.m. EDT ...