SpaceX launched another group of Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station late Saturday evening. The mission, designated as Starlink 5-31, added more Starlink satellites into the burgeoning constellation of over 5,500 small satellites providing Internet access from virtually anywhere globally. The launch occurred at the start of the launch window on a mostly cloudy, humid Florida evening at 11:00 PM Eastern Standard Time.
SpaceX continued their torrid pace of Falcon 9 launches from Florida Monday evening when the company lofted another twenty-three Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit.
Liftoff occurred at 11:2opm Eastern time from launch pad SLC-40 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, and is the 57th such mission in 2023 for the company.
Overall, SpaceX has completed 87 orbital launches this year, with 83 of them being carried by their Falcon9 booster, and 4 others being aboard the larger Falcon Heavy. Their next launch from Florida is slated for Friday evening from Cape Canaveral.
SpaceX launched another group of Starlink satellites on October 17, 2023 from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
SpaceX lofted another group of Starlink satellites between showers on a stormy Florida evening.
SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink satellites to orbit on a southeasterly trajectory late in the evening on September 15, 2023. This view was captured on US-1 in Titusville.
SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink satellites to orbit on a southeasterly trajectory late in the evening on September 15, 2023. This video was recorded at the Banana River Bridge on FL-528 (the Beachline) in Cape Canaveral.
SpaceX launched another group of Starlink satellites for its Internet service constellation from pad SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Once its lifting duties were complete for the evening, Booster B1076 landed on SpaceX’s droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas on the Atlantic Ocean. This was 1076’s seventh flight; previously it supported CRS-26, OneWeb Launch 16, Intelsat 40e, as well as three Starlink missions.
SpaceX launched 22 Starlink satellites late in the evening of 08-16-2023. Here’s a quick video of the launch.
Also, this is the first time I have used my own music as a video background track. Be gentle in your judgment I mess around for fun and have no illusions of any talent.
In the early hours of Friday, August 11, 2023, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 carrying the Starlink 6-9 mission. Here’s a unique video view of the night-time launch.
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