SpaceX's Falcon 9 to Launch 23 Starlink Satellites and EarthCARE from Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg on May 28, 2024: A Look at the Reusable Rockets' Fifth Starlink Anniversary Mission
SpaceX has launched 52 orbital missions this year and plans to hit a launch rate of one Falcon flight every 2.7 days on average, resulting in approximately 135 launches by the end of the year.
SpaceX is launching a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral, Florida on May 28, 2024.
The day after the Starlink mission, SpaceX is scheduled to launch EarthCARE satellite from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The Falcon 9 rocket is expected to land on a drone ship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean following stage separation.
This marks the fifth anniversary of SpaceX's first Starlink mission and the tenth flight for the first stage booster.
SpaceX is set to launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral, Florida on May 28, 2024 at 11:29 a.m. EDT (15:29 UTC). This marks the fifth anniversary of SpaceX's first Starlink mission and the tenth flight for the first stage booster, which has previously supported six other Starlink missions.
The Falcon 9 rocket will travel from Cape Canaveral to low-Earth orbit with the satellites. Following stage separation, the booster is expected to land on a drone ship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
SpaceX has been launching Starlink satellites at an impressive rate this year, with 52 orbital launches already and plans to hit a launch rate of one Falcon flight every 2.7 days on average. This would result in approximately 135 launches by the end of the year.
The day after the Starlink mission, SpaceX is scheduled to launch the European Space Agency's Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) satellite from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rockets have been making history with their reusable first-stage boosters, which have been flown multiple times and safely landed on droneships at sea. The booster for this mission, B1078, has previously supported six Starlink missions and the Crew-6 astronaut mission to the International Space Station.
Stay tuned for live coverage of the launch from Cape Canaveral.
SpaceX launched 23 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit on May 17, 2024 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
It was the third launch by SpaceX in two days and the fifth anniversary of its first Starlink mission.
The Falcon 9 rocket used for the launch had been flown ten times before and safely landed on a drone ship eight minutes after takeoff.
SpaceX continues to ferry cargo to the International Space Station with its Dragon spacecraft and tests its Starship for future plans of sending people to the Moon and Mars.
SpaceX is launching a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral's pad 40 with 23 Starlink satellites on May 28, 2024 at 11:29 a.m. EDT (15:29 UTC).
The Falcon 9 booster, tail number B1078, will be launching for its 10th time and is expected to land on the SpaceX droneship ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas’.
This will be SpaceX’s 55th Falcon 9 launch of the year and their 313th booster landing to date.
SpaceX aims to hit a launch rate of one Falcon flight every 2.7 days on average, which would result in approximately 135 launches by the end of the year.
The day after the Starlink 6-60 mission, SpaceX is scheduled to launch the European Space Agency’s Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) satellite.
This will be Falcon 9’s #54 launch of the year and #11 launch of May. SpaceX has the potential to hit 14 launches before the end of May.
SpaceX launched 23 Starlink satellites from Florida on May 22, 2024.
First stage of Falcon 9 returned to Earth and landed on droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean.
This was SpaceX’s second launch in less than 24 hours, the first being NROL-146 mission for US National Reconnaissance Office.
SpaceX has conducted 52 orbital launches this year, with 36 dedicated to Starlink megaconstellation which currently consists of about 5,950 working satellites.
