CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — SpaceX sent up more than 20 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit on Wednesday.


What You Need To Know

  • SpaceX sent off the Starlink 10-13 mission from Space Launch Complex 40

The company's Falcon 9 rocket carried the Starlink 10-13 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

The launch saw no delays and got off at the beginning of its four-hour launch window at 5:10 p.m. ET.

The 45th Weather Squadron had given a 75% chance of good launch conditions, with the only concerns being the liftoff winds and the cumulus clouds rule.

Find out more about the weather criteria for a Falcon 9 launch.

Going up

This is 14th mission for the Falcon 9's first-stage booster B1078. The 13 missions it has sent up included one crewed launch.

  1. Crew-6
  2. SES O3b mPOWER
  3. USSF-124 mission
  4. Bluebird
  5. Starlink 6-4
  6. Starlink 6-8
  7. Starlink 6-16
  8. Starlink 6-31
  9. Starlink 6-46
  10. Starlink 6-53
  11. Starlink 6-60
  12. Starlink 10-2
  13. Starlink 10-6

After the stage separation, the first-stage rocket landed on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas that will be in the Atlantic Ocean.

About the mission

SpaceX’s Starlink company will have 23 satellites head to low-Earth orbit to join the thousands already there.

Once deployed and in their orbit, they will provide internet service to many parts of Earth.

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics’ Dr. Jonathan McDowell has been recording Starlink satellites.

Before this launch, McDowell recorded the following:

  • 6,534 are in orbit
  • 6,115 are in operational orbit

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