SciNews | SpaceX Starlink 180 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 27 July 2024 @SciNewsRo | Uploaded 2 months ago | Updated 5 hours ago
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 23 Starlink satellites (Starlink-180 / Starlink 10-9) to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 27 July 2024, at 05:45 UTC (01:45 EDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1069) previously supported 16 missions: CRS-24, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F, OneWeb 15, SES-18/SES-19 and 12 Starlink missions.
Credit: SpaceX
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 23 Starlink satellites (Starlink-180 / Starlink 10-9) to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 27 July 2024, at 05:45 UTC (01:45 EDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1069) previously supported 16 missions: CRS-24, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F, OneWeb 15, SES-18/SES-19 and 12 Starlink missions.
Credit: SpaceX
