SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satelltes on booster's record-tying 19th flight
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 23 Starlink internet satellites launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 23, 2024 at 11:09 p.m. EDT (0309 GMT on March 24).
It was the 19th liftoff for this Falcon 9's first stage, according to a SpaceX mission description. That tied a mark set by a different booster this past December and matched by another rocket on Feb. 22.
Credit: SpaceX
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2, 1, ignition, and liftoff, go, Falcon, go, Stardust.
Powering to limit.
Make a list, Supersonic.
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Impact, chilling in.
MECO.
Stage separation confirmed.
Impact, ignition.
Fairing separation confirmed.
Nominal trajectory.
Stage 1, FTS is saved.
Stage 1, entry burn, startup.
Stage 2.
Stage 1, entry burn, shutdown.
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Stage 1, Transonic.
Stage 1, landing burn.
Stage 1, landing light, deploy.
Stage 1, landing confirmed.
Impact, shutdown.