A record was broken at Space Launch Complex 40 on Saturday, March 15 when at 7:35 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit making it a record-breaking turnaround from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Photos by Satnews.
This event occurred two days, eight hours, 59 minutes and 40 seconds after the launch of the Starlink 12-21 mission, which beat SpaceX’s previous turnaround time at that pad by nearly six hours.
This launch brings the constellation total to more than 7,000 satellites in low Earth orbit.
This was the 18th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-6, SES O3b mPOWER-B, USSF-124, Bluebird 1-5, and now 14 Starlink missions.