Wednesday 17 February 2021

SpaceX launches 60 new Starlink internet satellites into orbit, misses rocket landing

SpaceX launches 60 new Starlink internet satellites into orbit, misses rocket landing

The two-stage Falcon 9 booster, topped with the 60 broadband spacecraft, lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 here at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 10:59 p.m. EST (0359 GMT on Feb. 16). Approximately nine minutes later, the rocket's first stage returned to Earth to attempt its sixth landing on SpaceX's drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You" in the Atlantic Ocean," but missed its target.

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