CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — SpaceX successfuly launched a Starlink mission on Friday night. 

What You Need To Know

  • SpaceX launched the Starlink 6-64 mission

  • The liftoff took place at Space Launch Complex 40 

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket sent up Starlink 6-64 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, stated the California-based company.

The launch window opened at 10:11 p.m. ET, with backup opportunities available until 10:37 p.m. ET, when the launch took place.

The 45th Weather Squadron gave a 90% chance of good liftoff conditions, with the only concerns being the liftoff winds and cumulus cloud rule.

Going up

The Falcon 9's first-stage booster B1076 has a baker’s dozen of launches, if you do not count this one:

  1. CRS-26
  2. OneWeb Flight 16
  3. Intelsat IS-40e
  4. Starlink Group 6-1 mission
  5. Starlink Group 6-3 mission
  6. Starlink Group 6-6 mission
  7. Starlink Group 6-14 mission
  8. Starlink Group 6-21 mission
  9. SES O3B-mPOWER
  10. Ovzon-3
  11. Starlink Group 6-40 mission
  12. Eutelsat 36D
  13. Starlink 6-54

After the stage separation, the first-stage rocket is set to land on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas that will be in the Atlantic Ocean.

About the mission

The 23 satellites from the Starlink company, owned by SpaceX, will be heading to low-Earth orbit.

Dr. Jonathan McDowell, of Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, has been recording Starlink satellites.

Before this launch, McDowell logged the following:

  • 6,078 are in orbit
  • 5,234 are in operational orbit

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