CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — SpaceX on Tuesday afternoon executed another Starlink launch.
What You Need To Know
- SpaceX sends off Starlink 12-25 mission
- Take off was from Space Launch Complex 40
The Falcon 9 rocket sent up Starlink 12-25 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, stated SpaceX.
The launch window opened at 3:57 p.m. ET.
The 45th Weather Squadron gave a 95% chance of good conditions, with the only concerns being the liftoff winds rule.
Find out more about the weather criteria for a Falcon 9 launch.
Going up
This was the 19th mission for the Falcon 9's first-stage booster old B1077. It had 18 missions under its belt, with one of them being a crewed one.
- Crew-5
- GPS III Space Vehicle 06
- Inmarsat I-6 F2
- CRS-28
- Intelsat G-37
- NG-20
- Optus-X
- Starlink mission 5-10
- Starlink mission 6-13
- Starlink mission 6-25
- Starlink mission 6-33
- Starlink mission 6-43
- Starlink mission 6-51
- Starlink mission 6-63
- Starlink mission 10-4
- Starlink mission 8-11
- Starlink mission 6-71
- Starlink mission 12-8
After the stage separation, the first-stage rocket will land on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas that will be in the Atlantic Ocean.
About the mission
The 23 satellites from the Starlink company, owned by SpaceX, will be heading to low-Earth orbit to join the thousands already there.
Once deployed and in their orbit, they will provide internet service to many parts of Earth.
Dr. Jonathan McDowell, of Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, has been recording Starlink satellites.
Before this launch, McDowell recorded the following:
- 7,113 are in orbit
- 6,428 are in operational orbit
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