Tag: March 29

Launch of 22 Starlink Satellites from California Delayed

SPACE reports, “SpaceX has reset the launch of another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to no sooner than Friday evening (March 29). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink spacecraft was set to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Thursday (March 28), but the company called off the attempt before beginning to fuel the vehicle.”
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SpaceX Launches 56 More Starlink Satellites into LEO

UPI reports that SpaceX’s 21st launch this year “sent 56 Starlink satellites into orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday afternoon.” The Falcon 9 rocket carrying the satellites lifted off at approximately 4 p.m. with the goal of entering the satellites into low-Earth orbit. The Starlink satellites “deployed from the rocket shortly after 5 p.m.” A total of 4,217 Starlink satellites “have been put into orbit since 2018,” with a possible 12,000 more already approved and 30,000 more requested.
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Starlink Mission

On Wednesday, March 29 at 4:01 p.m. ET, a Falcon 9 launched 56 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
(SpaceX; YouTube)