SpaceX’s Starlink satellite megaconstellation launches in photos

SpaceX launched the Starlink 18 mission with 60 extra Starlink satellites on Feb. four, 2021, from Cape Canaveral Area Drive Station in Florida. This mission introduced the entire variety of operational Starlink satellites launched as much as 1,023 (not together with the 30 “manufacturing design” and two “Tintin” prototypes launched in 2019 and 2018, respectively). 

It was the fifth launch for this Falcon 9 first stage, which had final flown simply 27 days earlier — the quickest turnaround between missions for any SpaceX booster. Starlink 18 leapfrogged the Starlink 17 mission, which was alleged to get off the bottom on Feb. 1 however was delayed to Feb. 5 on account of poor climate. 

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