Replace Could 26, SpaceX landed its first stage booster on the drone ship.
SpaceX adopted up a picturesque Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral Monday morning with one other from Vandenberg Area Drive Base Tuesday morning.
The Starlink 17-37 mission, which was initially scheduled to launch on Could 9, confronted a number of launch delays all through the month of Could. The flight went via two earlier booster assignments (B1097 and B1103) earlier than SpaceX finally designated B1100 to fly the mission.
Liftoff from Area Launch Advanced 4 East occurred at 7:50:34 a.m. PDT (10:50:34 a.m. EDT / 1450:34 UTC). The Falcon 9 rocket flew on a southerly trajectory upon leaving the pad.
The Starlink 17-37 mission was the sixth flight for B1100. It beforehand flew the NROL-105 mission in addition to 4 batches of Starlink satellites.
Practically 8.5 minutes after liftoff, B1100 landed on the drone ship, ‘Of Course I Nonetheless Love You,’ positioned out within the Pacific Ocean. This was the 198th touchdown on this vessel and the 615th booster touchdown so far for SpaceX.
