SciNews | SpaceX Starlink 160 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 3 May 2024 @SciNewsRo | Uploaded 5 months ago | Updated 2 hours ago
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 23 Starlink satellites (Starlink-160 / Starlink 6-55) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 3 May 2024, at 02:37 UTC (2 may, at 22:37 EDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “A Shortfall of Gravitas” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1067) previously supported 18 missions: CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat-5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, O3b mPOWER-a, PSN SATRIA-1, Merah Putih 2 and 9 Starlink missions.
Credit: SpaceX
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 23 Starlink satellites (Starlink-160 / Starlink 6-55) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 3 May 2024, at 02:37 UTC (2 may, at 22:37 EDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “A Shortfall of Gravitas” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1067) previously supported 18 missions: CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat-5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, O3b mPOWER-a, PSN SATRIA-1, Merah Putih 2 and 9 Starlink missions.
Credit: SpaceX
