SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched 23 smallsats from Starlink Group 12-10 into low Earth orbit to add to the smallsat constellation, from Kennedy Space Center at 7:43 PM, PDT. This was the second Starlink launch on Monday.
The John F. Kennedy Space Center, located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of NASA’s ten field centers. Since 1968, KSC has been NASA’s primary launch center of American spaceflight, research, and technology. Launch operations for the Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle programs were carried out from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 and managed by KSC. Located on the east coast of Florida, KSC is adjacent to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS).
