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SpaceX - Falcon 9 / Starlink Mission patch.

March 18, 2020

SpaceX Starlink 5 launch

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the sixth batch of 60 Starlink satellites (Starlink-5) from Launch Complex (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on 18 March 2020, at 12:16 UTC (08:16 EDT).

SpaceX Starlink 5 launch & Falcon 9 first stage attempted landing, 18 March 2020

Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (Block 5 B1048) attempted to land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

SpaceX Starlink Constellation

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the sixth batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink 5.

Falcon 9’s first stage for this mission previously launched the Iridium-7 NEXT mission in July 2018, the SAOCOM 1A mission in October 2018, the Nusantara Satu mission in February 2019, and the second launch of Starlink in November 2019. Falcon 9’s fairing previously supported the first launch of Starlink in May 2019.

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