SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites early Tuesday and landed the returning rocket on a ship at sea.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 21 Starlink craft from California’s foggy Vandenberg Space Force Base on Tuesday.
The Falcon 9’s first stage returned to Earth as planned for a landing in the Pacific Ocean, on the SpaceX drone ship, about 8.5 minutes after launch.
The Falcon 9’s upper stage is scheduled to deploy the Starlink satellites about 62 minutes after liftoff.
Tuesday morning’s launch was the 64th of 2023 for SpaceX, which is blowing past the record it set last year with 61 launches.
Source: Qatar News Agency