SpaceX - Falcon 9 / STARLINK Mission patch.
June 4, 2020
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched another 60 Starlink satellites (Starlink-7) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, on 4 June 2020, at 01:25 UTC (3 June, at 21:25 EDT).
SpaceX Starlink 7 launch & Falcon 9 first stage landing, 4 June 2020
Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (Block B1049) landed on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage for this mission previously supported the Telstar 18 VANTAGE mission in September 2018, the Iridium-8 mission in January 2019, and two separate Starlink missions in May 2019 and in January 2020.
Starlink Satellites Constellation
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch the eighth batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink 7. Delayed from May 7. Updated to clarify the possibility of launching May 17, assuming range availability. Delayed from May 17 due to Atlas 5 scrub. Delayed from May 18 due to tropical depression in landing zone. Delayed from May 19 due to Tropical Storm Arthur in booster landing zone.
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