TITUSVILLE, FL – A veteran SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the next batch of upgraded Starlink internet satellites to orbit Sunday evening, Aug. 6 on a southeasterly trajectory from Florida’s Space Coast.
from Florida’s Space Coast.
Furthermore SpaceX accomplished the feat in a record breaking pad turnaround launch time of less than 4 days for the first time
Liftoff of the veteran 229-foot-tall (70-meter) Falcon 9 booster B1078.4 on the Starlink 6-8 mission delivered the next tranche of 22 second generation V2 Mini Starlinks to orbit Sunday evening 10:41 p.m. EDT (0241 UTC), Aug. 6, 2023 on Falcon 9 booster B1078.4 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
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