SpaceX launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Fri, Mar 26, 2021, 6:08 PM ET (2208 GMT)
SpaceX marked the 15th anniversary of its first launch with yet another Starlink mission early this morning. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 4:28 am EDT (0828 GMT), placing 60 Starlink satellites into orbit a little more than an hour later. The launch was the ninth Falcon 9 flight so far this year, and the fourth in March alone. This launch took place 15 years to the day after the first, unsuccessful Falcon 1 launch. SpaceX now has more than 1,300 Starlink satellites in orbit as it seeks to provide global coverage by the end of this year.
SpaceX marked the 15th anniversary of its first launch with yet another Starlink mission early this morning. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 4:28 am EDT (0828 GMT), placing 60 Starlink satellites into orbit a little more than an hour later. The launch was the ninth Falcon 9 flight so far this year, and the fourth in March alone. This launch took place 15 years to the day after the first, unsuccessful Falcon 1 launch. SpaceX now has more than 1,300 Starlink satellites in orbit as it seeks to provide global coverage by the end of this year.
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