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SpaceX’s Super Hat Trick with Thursday’s Starship mission, Friday’s Starlink satellites, and Saturday’s Starlink satellites launch including six Direct to Cell

June 8, 2024

Photo captured on a foggy Saturday, June 8, by Satnews from SpaceX’s video stream.

SpaceX had a week to remember with the long awaited successful fourth Starship test, then Friday’s Starlink launch and today, Saturday, with more Starlink satellites including Direct to Cell.

On Saturday, June 8 at 8:58 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched 20 Starlink satellites, including six with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Station in California.

Photo captured on a foggy Saturday, June 8, by Satnews from SpaceX’s video stream.

This was the 21st flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-1, Crew-2, SXM-8, CRS-23, IXPE, Transporter-4, Transporter-5, Globalstar FM15, ISI EROS C-3, Korea 425, Maxar1, and now 10 Starlink missions.

SpaceX Starship’s fourth flight test ‘super heavy’ lands ‘softly’ … next Moon then Mars

Photo captured on Thursday, June 6, by Satnews from SpaceX’s video stream.

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