Hours after moving the clocks forward for daylight saving time, SpaceX moved up the launch of Starlink satellites to Sunday (March 8).
He Falcon 9 The rocket lifted off at 7:00 am EDT (11:00 GMT or 4:00 am PDT local time) from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) in Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. About us, SpaceX confirmed the successful deployment of the 25 broadband Internet relay satellites (Group 17-18) in low Earth orbit.
The Falcon’s first stage, Booster 1097, completed its seventh space flight with a landing on the unmanned spacecraft “Of Course I Still Love You,” which was parked in the Pacific Ocean.
The launch increased the total number of active Starlink satellites to 9,915, according to satellite tracker Jonathan McDowell.
The mission was SpaceX’s 29th of the year and the 639th in its history.