SpaceX follows up crew launch with Starlink mission for 25th of the year

SpaceX follows up crew launch with Starlink mission for 25th of the year

The cloud cover in Cape Canaveral gave a SpaceX Falcon 9 a gorgeous palate for a Starlink launch on Saturday morning.

The 25th Falcon 9 rocket of the year took 53 of the company’s internet satellites to orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 7:19 a.m

The launch marks the end of a busy week for the commercial company that also saw the landing of the Crew-2 astronauts off the coast of Florida on Tuesday followed by the Wednesday night launch from Kennedy Space Center of four more astronauts on the Crew-2 mission to the International Space Station.

For the Starlink launch, SpaceX used a first stage booster for the ninth time. Its previous uses included the Crew Demo-2 launch in May 2020 among others.

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