CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, Fla. — SpaceX launched 28 more Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit via a Falcon 9 rocket on Wednesday.
What You Need To Know
- Starlink mission 6-67 lifted off Wednesday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
- It sent 28 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit
The rocket lifted off at 12:38 p.m. for the Starlink 6-67 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The 45th Weather Squadron had forecast a 95% chance of good liftoff conditions, with the only concern being the cumulus cloud rule.
Wednesday's launch marked the fourth mission of Falcon 9's first-stage booster B1090. Its previous launches include:
After stage separation, the first stage landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which is stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
About the mission
The 28 satellites from the Starlink company will join the thousands of their siblings in low-Earth orbit.
They will provide internet service to many parts of Earth after they have been deployed.
Dr. Jonathan McDowell, of Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, has been recording Starlink satellites.
Before this launch, McDowell recorded the following:
- 7,457 are in orbit
- 6,676 are in operational orbit
