SpaceX - Falcon 9 / Starlink Mission patch.
May 16, 2021
SpaceX Starlink 28
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 52 Starlink satellites (Starlink-28), a Capella Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite and Tyvak-0130, from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on 15 May 2021, at 22:54 UTC (18:54 EDT).
SpaceX Starlink 28 launch & Falcon 9 first stage landing, 15 May 2021
Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1058) previously supported seven missions: Demo-2, ANASIS-II, CRS-21, Transporter-1 and three Starlink missions.
Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the 28th batch of satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink V1.0-L26. Rideshare payloads for Capella Space and Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems will accompany 52 Starlink satellites into orbit on this mission.
Related links:
SpaceX: https://www.spacex.com/
Starlink: https://www.starlink.com/
Images, Video, Text, Credits: SpaceX/SciNews/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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