SpaceX Comings and Goings (March 2021)

SpaceX
March 11, 2021
Michael Howard
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket streaks to orbit carrying Starlink L-20, the latest batch of 60 satellites to join their ever-growing constellation. Photo credit: Michael Seeley / We Report Space
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket streaks to orbit carrying Starlink L-20, the latest batch of 60 satellites to join their ever-growing constellation. Photo credit: Michael Seeley / We Report Space

SpaceX booster B1049-8 came into port around noon on March 9, 2021, after a reported delay with a towing issue. This booster made another perfect landing, its 8th on the recovery ship "Of Course I Still Love You" shorty after launch of the last Starlink (L-17) mission. 

"Octo-Falcon" B1049-8 returns to Port Canaveral on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Photo credit: Michael Howard / We Report Space

"Octo-Falcon" B1049-8 returns to Port Canaveral on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Photo credit: Michael Howard / We Report Space

"Octo-Falcon" B1049-8 returns to Port Canaveral on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Photo credit: Michael Howard / We Report Space

March 11, 2021, SpaceX lit up the night sky at 3:13 AM EST when the nine Merlin engines roared to life and lifted the Falcon 9 into the Florida night sky with the next installment of the Starlink constellation of internet satellites. Shortly after launch, the first stage booster made a successful landing on the recovery ship "Just Read the Instructions."

Starlink L-20 ascends from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on March 11, 2021. Photo Credit: Michael Seeley / We Report Space
SpaceX's Falcon 9 provided an early-morning light show over the Space Coast. Photo credit: Bill Jelen / We Report Space

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