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Falcon 9 launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Wed, May 11, 2022, 3:03 PM ET (1903 GMT)
A Falcon 9 launched another set of Starlink satellites May 6. A Falcon 9 lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center at 5:42 am EDT (0942 GMT) and released 53 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit an hour later. The Falcon 9 booster landed on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean, completing its 12th flight. With this mission, SpaceX has launched nearly 2,500 Starlink satellites, of which more than 2,100 are in orbit.
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