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 by Adam Schrader Washington DC (UPI) Jul 17, 2021
SpaceX on Sunday launched 53 Starlink satellites after the company's Dragon cargo craft carrying crew supplies and scientific experiments docked with the International Space Station on Saturday. The Starlink satellites were launched to orbit from a Falcon 9 rocket at the Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 10:20 a.m. Sunday. It was the 31st Flacon 9 mission. Weather was 60% favorable before the liftoff, SpaceX said in a statement, and the Falcon 9's first stage landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship at 10:29 a.m. The satellites were confirmed to have been deployed just a few minutes later. SpaceX has launched more than 2,800 Starlink spacecraft to low Earth orbit to date. The launch Sunday marked the 13th flight for the Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Dragon's first crew demonstration mission, the RADARSAT Constellation Mission, SXM-7 and nine previous Starlink missions. It came just a day after the company's Dragon cargo craft, launched Thursday, docked with the ISS at 11:21 a.m. on Saturday loaded with more than 5,800 pounds of new science experiments and crew supplies.
NASA, SpaceX launch climate science research to ISS Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Jul 15, 2022 A SpaceX Dragon resupply spacecraft carrying more than 5,800 pounds of science experiments, crew supplies, and other cargo is on its way to the International Space Station after launching at 8:44 p.m. EDT Thursday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The spacecraft launched on a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy for the company's 25th commercial resupply services mission for NASA. It is scheduled to autonomously dock at the space station about 11:20 a.m. Saturday, July 16, and ... read more
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