On Wednesday, November 5th at 8:31 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 29 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit to join the Starlink constellation from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Photos by Satnews.
This was the fifth flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Ax-4, Crew-11, NG-23, and now two Starlink missions.
Following stage separation, the first stage landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
Starlink smallsats Group 6-81 set to launch on Wednesday from the Cape
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is targeting the launch of 29 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit to join the Starlink constellation from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, from 3:08 PM – 7:08 PM PST. SpaceX has launched 10,175 Starlink satellites to date.
A live webcast of this mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch on X @SpaceX. You can also watch the webcast on the X TV app.
This will be the fifth flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Ax-4, Crew-11, NG-23, and one Starlink mission. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.