1.03.2024

SpaceX leap day launch sends Starlink satellites soaring skyward

In a rare leap day launch, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket promptly vanished into hazy skies as viewed from vantage points across Brevard County soon after taking flight Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

SpaceX's unusual 10:30 a.m. EST Starlink 6-40 morning-hour missionlifted 23 more internet-beaming satellites into low-Earth orbit. After stage separation, the Falcon 9 first-stage booster landed aboard SpaceX's drone ship Just Read the Instructions out on the Atlantic Ocean, completing its 11th mission.

Quelle: Florida Today

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On Thursday, February 29 at 10:30 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

This was the 11th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched CRS-26, OneWeb Launch 16, Intelsat IS-40e, O3b mPOWER, Ovzon 3, and now six Starlink missions.

Quelle: SpaceX