SpaceX and Falcon 9 lofted another twenty Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral into low Earth orbit tonight. Liftoff was at 7:31 PM EDT.
Around 8.5 minutes after liftoff, Booster B1076 touched down safely on the company’s drone ship ‘Just Read The Instructions’ to complete its seventeenth mission successfully, while the second stage and payload continued to Earth orbit.
At 8:35 PM EDT, SpaceX confirmed a successful deployment of the payload.
By The Numbers
- Starlink 8-19 is the 102nd SpaceX launch this year and the 414th for the company all time.
- Tonight launch was the 48th from SLC-40 this year.
- It was the 979th launch from Cape Canaveral.
Photo: Charles Boyer / ToT
Launch Replay
Next Launch
SpaceX is scheduled to launch another set of Starlink satellites aboard a Falcon 9 early on Monday evening from Space Launch Complex 40.
- Date: NET October 21, 2024
- Organization: SpaceX
- Mission: Starlink Group 6-61
- Rocket: Falcon 9
- Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
- Launch Window: 6:40 PM – 10:40 PM EDT
- Payload: Starlink satellites
Keep in mind that launch dates and times change often. Launch attempts can be scrubbed anytime due to weather, technical reasons, or range conditions.