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On Monday, January 27 at 5:05 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 21 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
This was the 20th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously CRS-26, SXM-9, OneWeb Launch 16, Instelsat IS-40e, O3B mPOWER, Ovzon 3, Eutelsat 36D, Turksat 6A, Maxar 2, and now 11 Starlink missions.
The Falcon 9 first stage booster being used on this mission, tail number B1076 in the SpaceX fleet, launched for a 20th time. It’s previous flights included CRS-26, Intelsat IS-40e and 10 Starlink missions.
A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, it landed on the SpaceX droneship, A Shortfall of Gravitas, marking the 96th landing on ASOG and the 402nd booster landing to date.
Full story here:
On Monday, January 27 at 5:05 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 21 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
This was the 20th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously CRS-26, SXM-9, OneWeb Launch 16, Instelsat IS-40e, O3B mPOWER, Ovzon 3, Eutelsat 36D, Turksat 6A, Maxar 2, and now 11 Starlink missions.
The Falcon 9 first stage booster being used on this mission, tail number B1076 in the SpaceX fleet, launched for a 20th time. It’s previous flights included CRS-26, Intelsat IS-40e and 10 Starlink missions.
A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, it landed on the SpaceX droneship, A Shortfall of Gravitas, marking the 96th landing on ASOG and the 402nd booster landing to date.
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