Washington [US], December 24: SpaceX sent up another Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral early Saturday with a first-stage booster flying for a record 19th time.
The Falcon 9 rocket on the Starlink 6-32 mission with 23 Starlink satellites launched from Space Launch Complex 40 at 12.33am. This marked a record 19th flight for the first-stage booster having flown previously on Crew Demo-2, ANASIS-11, CRS-21, Transporter-1, Transporter-3 and 13 Starlink missions. It made another recovery landing on the droneship Just Read the Instructions downrange in the Atlantic. It was the 255th booster recovery ever among Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets with SpaceX celebrating the eight-year anniversary of the first successful landing. (DPA)
Source: Qatar Tribune
