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Falcon 9 Starlink 6-30 Launch, Photo Courtesy SpaceX

Falcon 9 Launches 23 Starlink V2-Mini Satellites

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched 23 Starlink V2-Mini satellites at 11:20 p.m. EST today from Launch Pad 40 on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The first stage booster employed today was being flown for the 17th time, having previously supported the GPS III-SV04, GPS III-SV05, Inspiration4, Axiom-1, Nilesat-301, OneWeb-17, Badr-8 and nine Starlink missions. The booster was successfully recovered today with a landing on the "Just Read the Instructions" drone ship, positioned on the Atlantic Ocean about 400 miles southeast of Cape Canaveral. The mission is designated Starlink 6-30. Starlink is a SpaceX-owned and operated constellation of broadband Internet satellites, intended to provide space-based Internet service to users worldwide. The service is currently available on all seven continents to over 1.5 million subscribers.

Falcon 9 Starlink 6-30 Streak Shot, Photo Courtesy Carleton Bailie/Spaceline

Falcon 9 Starlink 6-29 Launch, Photo Courtesy SpaceX

Falcon 9 Launches 23 Starlink V2-Mini Satellites

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched 23 Starlink V2-Mini satellites at 2:47 a.m. EST today from Launch Pad 40 on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The first stage booster employed today was being flown for the 15th time, having previously supported the CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat-5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Hotbird-13G, O3b mPOWER-A, Satria and six Starlink missions. The booster was successfully recovered today with a landing on the "A Shortfall of Gravitas" drone ship, positioned on the Atlantic Ocean about 400 miles southeast of Cape Canaveral. The mission is designated Starlink 6-29. Starlink is a SpaceX-owned and operated constellation of broadband Internet satellites, intended to provide space-based Internet service to users worldwide. The service is currently available on all seven continents to over 1.5 million subscribers.

Falcon 9 Starlink 6-29 Streak Shot, Photo Courtesy SpaceX

Falcon 9 Launches 23 Starlink V2-Mini Satellites

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched 23 Starlink V2-Mini satellites at 12:05 a.m. EST today from Launch Pad 40 on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The first stage booster employed today was being flown for the eleventh time, having previously supported the CRS-24, Hotbird-13F, OneWeb-15, SES-18/19 and six Starlink missions. The booster was successfully recovered today with a landing on the "Just Read the Instructions" drone ship, positioned on the Atlantic Ocean about 400 miles southeast of Cape Canaveral. The mission is designated Starlink 6-28. Starlink is a SpaceX-owned and operated constellation of broadband Internet satellites, intended to provide space-based Internet service to users worldwide. The service is currently available on all seven continents to over 1.5 million subscribers.

Falcon 9 O3b mPOWER 5/6 Launch, Photo Courtesy SpaceX

Falcon 9 Launches O3b mPOWER 5/6 Satellites

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched the O3b mPOWER 5/6 satellites at 4:08 p.m. EST today from Launch Pad 40 on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The first stage booster employed today was being flown for the ninth time, having previously supported the CRS-26, OneWeb-16, Intelsat-40E and five Starlink missions. The booster was successfully recovered today with a landing on the "A Shortfall of Gravitas" drone ship, positioned on the Atlantic Ocean about 400 miles southeast of Cape Canaveral. Built by Boeing and owned and operated by SES of Luxembourg, O3b mPOWER 5/6 are a pair of broadband Internet satellites. The satellites will be deployed to medium Earth orbit at an altitude of about 5,000 miles.

Falcon 9 O3b mPOWER 5/6 Launch, Photo Courtesy Carleton Bailie/Spaceline

Falcon 9 CRS-29 Launch, Photo Courtesy SpaceX

Falcon 9 Launches CRS-29 Payload For NASA

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched the CRS-29 payload for NASA at 8:28 p.m. EST today from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. The first stage booster employed today was being flown for the second time, having previously supported the Crew-7 mission. The booster was successfully recovered today with a landing at Landing Zone-1 on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The Cargo Dragon spacecraft comprising CRS-29 was being flown for the second time, having previously supported the CRS-26 mission. CRS-29 is the 29th mission in the Commercial Resupply Services contract to the International Space Station (ISS) between NASA and SpaceX. CRS-29 carries over 6,500 pounds of supplies and equipment to ISS and is expected to autonomously dock with the space station at about 5:21 a.m. EST on Saturday, November 11.

Falcon 9 CRS-29 Downrange, Photo Courtesy SpaceX

Falcon 9 CRS-29 Landing, Photo Courtesy SpaceX

Falcon 9 CRS-29 Launch/Landing, Photo Courtesy Carleton Bailie/Spaceline

Falcon 9 Starlink 6-27 Launch, Photo Courtesy SpaceX

Falcon 9 Launches 23 Starlink V2-Mini Satellites

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched 23 Starlink V2-Mini satellites at 12:05 a.m. EST today from Launch Pad 40 on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The first stage booster employed today was being flown for the eleventh time, having previously supported the SES-22, Hakuto-R, Amazonas Nexus, CRS-27 and six Starlink missions. The booster was successfully recovered today with a landing on the "Just Read the Instructions" drone ship, positioned on the Atlantic Ocean about 400 miles southeast of Cape Canaveral. The mission is designated Starlink 6-27. Starlink is a SpaceX-owned and operated constellation of broadband Internet satellites, intended to provide space-based Internet service to users worldwide. The service is currently available on all seven continents to over 1.5 million subscribers.

Falcon 9 Starlink 6-27 Streak Shot, Photo Courtesy Carleton Bailie/Spaceline

Falcon 9 Starlink 6-26 Launch, Photo Courtesy SpaceX

Falcon 9 Launches 23 Starlink V2-Mini Satellites

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched 23 Starlink V2-Mini satellites at 8:37 p.m. EDT today from Launch Pad 40 on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The first stage booster employed today was being flown for the 18th time, having previously supported the DM-2, Anasis-II, CRS-21, Transporter-1, Transporter-3 and 12 Starlink missions. The booster was successfully recovered today with a landing on the "A Shortfall of Gravitas" drone ship, positioned on the Atlantic Ocean about 400 miles southeast of Cape Canaveral. The mission is designated Starlink 6-26. Starlink is a SpaceX-owned and operated constellation of broadband Internet satellites, intended to provide space-based Internet service to users worldwide. The service is currently available on all seven continents to over 1.5 million subscribers.

Falcon 9 Starlink 6-26 Streak Shot, Photo Courtesy Carleton Bailie/Spaceline