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Shrouded in a layer of thick fog Tuesday evening, SpaceX launched the latest pair of WorldView Legion satellites on behalf of Maxar Intelligence, a division of Maxar Technologies.
The two satellites launched into a mid-inclination Earth orbit (MEO) following separation from the Falcon 9 rocket.
Liftoff of the mission, dubbed Maxar 3 by SpaceX, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center happened at 6:13 p.m. EST (2313 UTC). It was SpaceX’s second Falcon 9 launch of the day.
SpaceX used the Falcon 9 first stage booster 1086 to launch this mission. It was its fourth flight after previously launching as a side booster on the GOES-U Falcon Heavy mission and then as a Falcon 9 booster on two Starlink missions.
Less than eight minutes after liftoff, B1086 touched down at Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, marking the 48th booster landing at LZ-1 and the 405th booster landing to date.
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Shrouded in a layer of thick fog Tuesday evening, SpaceX launched the latest pair of WorldView Legion satellites on behalf of Maxar Intelligence, a division of Maxar Technologies.
The two satellites launched into a mid-inclination Earth orbit (MEO) following separation from the Falcon 9 rocket.
Liftoff of the mission, dubbed Maxar 3 by SpaceX, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center happened at 6:13 p.m. EST (2313 UTC). It was SpaceX’s second Falcon 9 launch of the day.
SpaceX used the Falcon 9 first stage booster 1086 to launch this mission. It was its fourth flight after previously launching as a side booster on the GOES-U Falcon Heavy mission and then as a Falcon 9 booster on two Starlink missions.
Less than eight minutes after liftoff, B1086 touched down at Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, marking the 48th booster landing at LZ-1 and the 405th booster landing to date.
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