SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches 22 Starlink Satellites from West Coast Written 23 February 2024
Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander lifts off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. | Credit: VideoFromSpace; YouTube Framegrab
Spaceflight Now reports, “A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the West Coast with another batch of 22 Starlink satellites at 8:11 p.m. PST Thursday (11:11 p.m. EST / 0411 UTC).” The Starlink 7-15 mission launched from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The article notes that the first stage booster, tail number 1061, “was making its 19th flight, which ties the record previously set by booster 1058 before it was lost during recovery operations following a successful launch and landing.”
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches 22 Starlink Satellites from West Coast
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