On Saturday, February 8 at 2:18 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 21 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
This was the 17th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-6, O3b mPOWER, Bluebird 1-5, USSF-124, and now 13 Starlink missions.
SpaceX’s Starlink Group 12-9 to launch smallsats on Friday
On Friday, February 7th, Falcon 9 will launch a batch of smallsats for the Starlink mega-constellation into low Earth orbit. SpaceX’s project for a space-based internet communication system will be launched from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral, Florida. The launch costs $52 million.
The forecast calls for a temperature of 72°F, clear skies, 0% cloud cover and a wind speed of 4mph.