SpaceX Starlink 77 launch

 

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March 24, 2023

Falcon 9 carrying Starlink 77 liftoff

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 56 Starlink satellites (Starlink-77 / Starlink 5-5) to low-Earth orbit, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 24 March 2023, at 15:43 UTC (11:43 EDT). 

SpaceX Starlink 77 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 24 March 2023

Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “A Shortfall of Gravitas” droneship,  stationed in the Pacific Ocean. 

Falcon 9’s first stage landing on the “A Shortfall of Gravitas” droneship

Falcon 9’s first stage (B1067) previously supported nine missions: CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat-5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, O3b mPOWER and two Starlink mission.

 

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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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