SpaceX launched a stack of Starlink web satellites to orbit from California and returned the booster to Earth Friday afternoon (March 26).
The Falcon 9 rocket flying the mission, Starlink 11-7, carried a complete of 27 satellites to orbit from Vandenberg House Drive Base, in California. The SpaceX rocket lifted off from House Launch Complicated-4E at 6:11:40 p.m. ET (2211 GMT).
Somewhat greater than eight minutes later, the rocket’s first-stage booster, B1063, touched down on the SpaceX droneship “Of Course I Nonetheless Love You,” stationed within the Pacific Ocean. It was the twenty fourth launch and touchdown for B1063, which has beforehand flown 15 Starlink missions, together with its most up-to-date, a Starlink mission in January.
The Falcon 9 higher stage continued to area to deploy the Starlink satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) about 60 minutes after liftoff, as deliberate. SpaceX announced the profitable deployment on X.
These satellites be part of a megaconstellation of over 7,100 Starlink satellites in LEO, in response to satellite tv for pc tracker and astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell. Collectively, the globe-wide orbital mesh gives low-latency, high-speed web to Starlink prospects across the planet.
