CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — Rocket lovers got a very early morning treat as SpaceX launched two dozen Starlink satellites.
What You Need To Know
- The Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink 6-70 mission from Space Launch Complex 40
The Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink 6-70 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, stated SpaceX.
The launch window opened at 5:13 a.m. ET.
The 45th Weather Squadron gave about a 95% chance of good liftoff conditions, with no weather concerns. Find out more about the weather criteria for a Falcon 9 launch.
Going up
As fate would have it, this is the 24th mission for the Falcon 9's first-stage booster B1067 as it sent up 24 Starlink satellites. It has had 23 missions before this launch:
- CRS-22
- Crew-3
- Turksat 5B
- Crew-4
- CRS-25
- Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G
- mPOWER-a
- Satria
- Telkomsat Merah Putih 2
- Galileo L13
- KOREASAT 6A
- 12 Starlink missions
After the stage separation, the first-stage rocket landed on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas that will be in the Atlantic Ocean..
About the mission
The Starlink company’s 24 satellites will provide internet service to many parts of the globe once they are deployed and in a low-Earth orbit.
SpaceX owns the company.
Dr. Jonathan McDowell, of Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, tracks Starlink satellites.
Before this launch, McDowell recorded the following:
- 6,805 are in orbit
- 5,983 are in operational orbit
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