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SpaceX Starlink 18 launch

 







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Feb. 4, 2021

SpaceX Starlink 18 launch

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 60 Starlink satellites (Starlink-18) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on 4 February 2021, at 06:19 UTC (01:19​ EST).

SpaceX Starlink 18 launch & Falcon 9 first stage landing, 4 February 2021

Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (B1060) landed on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

Falcon 9 first stage landed on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the 19th batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink V1.0-L18.

Falcon 9’s first stage previously supported four launches: GPS III Space Vehicle 03, Turksat 5A and two Starlink missions.

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