SpaceX launched the Starlink 10-9 mission early Saturday morning from Pad LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. Liftoff was at 01:45 AM EDT, and Booster B1069 completed its 17th flight by successfully landing on the Automated Spaceport Drone Ship ‘Just Read The Instructions’ roughly 8.25 minutes after lifting off and lofting the payload towards orbit. Tonight’s flight was the first after the Starlink 9-3 failure that saw the company pause launching for 15 days.
SpaceX announced a successful payload deployment at 02:49 AM EDT.