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SpaceX launched another twenty-three Starlink Mini V2 satellites to orbit after successfully launching the Starlink 6-58 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station this evening.
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Liftoff was at 08:53 PM EDT. Around 8.5 minutes after liftoff, the first-stage booster used for the mission, tail number B1073, touched down safely on ASDS ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas’, stationed downrange in the Atlantic Ocean.
Payload
23 Starlink satellites which will join approximately 6,000 active satellites in the low-Earth orbital constellation for Starlink’s Internet service.
Launch Replay
Booster: B1073
This was the 15th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, tail number B1073. which previously launched SES-22, ispace’s HAKUTO-R MISSION 1, Amazonas-6, CRS-27, Bandwagon-1, and nine Starlink missions.
Photo: Ed Cordero / Florida Media Now.
Next Launch
Photo: Charles Boyer / ToT
Barring an unforeseen change in the launch schedule, the Cape will have a rare quiet week with United Launch Alliance next up on the launchpad at Space Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral for the Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test launch on Friday
- Mission: Starliner CFT
- Date: NET May 18, 2024
- Company: United Launch Alliance
- Rocket: Atlas V
- Launch Site: SLC-41
- Launch Window: 6:16 PM EDT, Instantaneous window.
- Payload: NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard Starliner
Keep in mind that launch dates and times change often. Launch attempts can be scrubbed anytime due to weather, technical reasons, or range conditions.
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