CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – It was a beachgoer’s lucky day when it came to seeing a St. Patrick’s Day rocket launch.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 successfully launched 29 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 9:27 a.m. on Tuesday.
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The first stage supporting this flight is on its 11th mission, having previously launched SES O3b mPOWER‑E, Crew‑10, Bandwagon‑3, mPOWER‑D, CRS‑33, and five Starlink missions.
Following stage separation, the booster landed on the autonomous spaceport drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.