SpaceX Nails Starlink Launch but Narrowly Missed Falcon 9 Landing After Fastest Booster Reuse Yet

SpaceX Nailed Starlink Launch but Narrowly Missed Falcon 9 Landing After Fastest Booster Reuse Yet.
SpaceX has launched a batch of 60 Starlink satellites to orbit on 17th February Monday, marking its fifth overall launch of a group of 60 of the small spacecraft and its third this year alone. This launch brings the total constellation to 300 satellites for Starlink on orbit, extending SpaceX’s lead as the largest commercial satellite operator in the world.
The SpaceX Starlink project sees The company deploying a constellation of small, low Earth orbit satellites that will work with one another in concert to deliver high-speed, low-cost broadband internet connectivity to users. The current goal is to launch enough satellites to begin providing service to customers in the U.S. and Canada later this year, followed by eventual rollout of service globally pending further expansion of the constellation.
Smoked billowed and flames erupted as the sooty Falcon 9 roared to life at 10:05 a.m. EST, lifting off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket lifted off powered by thrust from nine kerosene-fueled Merlin 1D engines.
The launch went off without a hitch following a 24-hour delay due to an issue with a valve component on the rocket's second stage. It was a foggy morning on the space coast, but the fog cleared just before liftoff.
In this video Engineering Today will discuss SpaceX’s fifth batch of Starlink satellite launch mission where SpaceX successfully launches 60 more Starlink satellites but narrowly missed landing after fastest booster reuse yet.
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