SpaceX - Falcon 9 / Starlink Mission patch.
Jan. 7, 2020
Falcon 9 rocket carrying Starlink 2 liftoff
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the third batch of 60 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on 7 January 2020, at 02:19 UTC (6 January, at 21:19 EST).
SpaceX Starlink launch & Falcon 9 first stage landing, January 2020
Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (Block 5 B1049) landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
Rack of 60 Starlink satellites ready for jettison in orbit
Falcon 9’s first stage for this mission previously supported a Starlink mission in May 2019, the Iridium-8 mission in January 2019, and the Telstar 18 VANTAGE mission in September 2018.
Each satellite carries a krypton ion propulsion system and Ku-band antennas to continue in-orbit demonstrations of SpaceX’s planned broadband network, which may eventually number up to 12,000 small relay stations in low Earth orbit.
Starlink Satellites Constellation
Future Starlink satellites will carry Ka-band and V-band radio transmission hardware, along with laser inter-satellite links to allow signals to bounce between spacecraft in orbit, rather than going through a ground station.
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