SpaceX Launches 53 Starlink Satellites Wednesday Morning Written 19 May 2022
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. | Credit: SpaceX; YouTube; framegrab
Space.com reports a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from NASA’s Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center carrying 53 Starlink internet satellites into orbit and then returned “to Earth for a stunning landing at sea early Wednesday (May 18).” Liftoff was at 6:59 a.m. EDT marking “SpaceX's third Starlink mission in five days following missions on May 13 and May 14.”
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Starlink Mission: On Wednesday, 18 May, at 6:59 a.m. ET, SpaceX launches 53 Starlink satellites from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.