SpaceX launched its next batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station shortly before midnight on Tuesday.
The Starlink 10-29 mission added another 28 satellites into the low Earth orbit megaconstellation. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 occurred at 11:37 p.m. EDT (0337 UTC).
The 45th Weather Squadron forecast a 90 percent chance of favorable weather at liftoff, stating that there was just a small chance for interference from cumulus clouds.
SpaceX launched the mission using the Falcon 9 first stage booster with the tail number B1069, which flew for a 26th time. Its previous missions included CRS-24, Eutelsat’s Hotbird 13F and 21 batches of Starlink satellites.
Nearly 8.5 minutes after liftoff, B1069 landed on the droneship, ‘Just Read the Instructions.’ This marked the 130th touchdown on this vessel and the 482nd booster landing to date.
