Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 16
Launch Successful
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Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
Jan. 20, 2021, 1:02 p.m. - Jan. 20, 2021, 1:02 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Jan. 20, 2021, 1:02 p.m. - Jan. 20, 2021, 1:02 p.m.
A batch of 60 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Successful launch
Update NET from SpaceX Twitter
Delayed for 24 hours.
Weather 70%
Delayed by a day
Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.
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Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at Just Read the Instructions.Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
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