samedi 17 décembre 2022

SpaceX Starlink 66 launch

 







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Dec 17, 2022

Falcon 9 carrying Starlink 66 liftoff

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 54 Starlink satellites (Starlink-66 / Starlink 4-37) to low-Earth orbit, from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on 17 December 2022, at 21:32 (16:32 EST).

SpaceX Starlink 66 launch & Falcon 9 first stage landing, 17 December 2022

Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship,  stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship

Falcon 9’s first stage (B1058) previously supported fourteen missions: Crew Demo-2, ANASIS-II, CRS-21, Transporter-1, Transporter-3 and nine Starlink missions.

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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