It was the 10th launch and landing for this particular Falcon 9 rocket first stage.
rocket topped with 49 Starlink satellites lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida today at 9:02 p.m. EST .
About nine minutes later, the rocket's first stage came down to Earth for a pinpoint touchdown on theRelated: The first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas shortly after launching 49 Starlink satellites to orbit on Jan. 18, 2022. It was the 10th launch and landing for this particular booster.
It was the 10th successful landing for this particular booster, which had previously launched six dedicated Starlink missions, the GPS III-3 satellite for the U.S. military, the Turksat 5A satellite for Turkey and theThe Falcon 9's second stage, meanwhile, kept powering its way to orbit, eventually deploying the 49 satellites roughly 15 minutes after launch.
. All of those spacecraft have launched since May 2019 except for two prototypes known as TinTin A and TinTin B, which lifted off in February 2018. "1,469 Starlink satellites active. 272 moving to operational orbits. Laser links activate soon," SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk"Laser links" refers to an upgrade that SpaceX implemented in 2021, which allows Starlink satellites to communicate with each other efficiently without relying on ground relays.
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