Falcon 9 launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sun, Mar 7, 2021, 12:02 PM ET (1702 GMT)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched another group of Starlink satellites early Thursday. The Falcon 9 lifted off at 3:24 am EST (0824 GMT) from the Kennedy Space Center and deployed its payload of 60 Starlink satellites into orbit 65 minutes later. The rocket's first stage, making its eighth flight, landed on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean successfully, two and a half weeks after the booster on the previous Falcon 9 launch failed to land. A SpaceX executive said earlier this week that an engine shut down on that earlier launch after hot gas went through a hole in a cover surrounding engine components.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched another group of Starlink satellites early Thursday. The Falcon 9 lifted off at 3:24 am EST (0824 GMT) from the Kennedy Space Center and deployed its payload of 60 Starlink satellites into orbit 65 minutes later. The rocket's first stage, making its eighth flight, landed on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean successfully, two and a half weeks after the booster on the previous Falcon 9 launch failed to land. A SpaceX executive said earlier this week that an engine shut down on that earlier launch after hot gas went through a hole in a cover surrounding engine components.
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