Another set of SpaceX’s Starlink broadband satellites was recently launched from the Space Coast in Florida.
NASA’s Kennedy Space Center hosted a Falcon 9 rocket that launched 24 Starlink spacecraft Tuesday, Nov. 26, at 11:41 p.m. EST (04:41 GMT on Wednesday, Nov. 27).
As scheduled, the first stage of the Falcon 9 touched down on the SpaceX droneship “A Shortfall of Gravitas” in the Atlantic Ocean around eight minutes after launch.
According to a SpaceX mission description, it was the booster’s 15th launch and landing. To date, it has completed 15 flights, 11 of which were Starlink missions.
According to SpaceX, the 24 Starlink satellites were deployed around 65 minutes after liftoff as scheduled by the upper stage of the Falcon 9.
To date, SpaceX has launched 117 Falcon 9 missions in 2024, with 81 of those missions focused on expanding the Starlink network. In the last eight days, five of those Starlink flights had taken place.
Astrophysicist and satellite tracker Jonathan McDowell claims that there are currently close to 6,700 active spacecraft in the Starlink megaconstellation, the largest ever created.
