SpaceX launched two extra batches of Starlink satellites on Saturday (Feb. 21), and within the course of set a brand new rocket reuse report.
First up at 4:04 a.m. EST (0904 GMT or 1:04 a.m. PST native time), a Falcon 9 lifted off from Area Launch Advanced 4 East (SLC-4E) from Vandenberg Area Drive Base in California. Twenty-five (25) Starlink satellites (Group 17-25) had been lofted a part of the best way into area by a booster (B1063) making its thirty first flight.
Earlier Booster 1063 missions
Earlier Booster 1067 missions
The California flight included a primary stage touchdown on the droneship “Of Course I Nonetheless Love You” positioned within the Pacific Ocean. The primary stage launched from Florida touched down on “A Shortfall of Gravitas” within the Atlantic Ocean.
The 53 new Starlink satellites added to SpaceX’s megaconstellation of more than 9700 lively broadband web relay items. The twin missions marked the twenty first and twenty second Falcon 9 launches of the yr.
