On a very foggy and early Florida Sunday, May 4 at 4:54 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 29 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. These 29 smallsats will continue to increase the building of SpaceX’s Starlink smallsat constellation. Photos by Satnews.
According to weather officials, there’s a 60% chance of favorable weather conditions at the time of the launch. Officials are monitoring weather conditions with concerns related to Anvil Cloud Rules, Cumulus Cloud Rule, Thick Cloud Layers Rule. The forecast calls for a temperature of 74°F, broken clouds, 52% cloud cover and a wind speed of 10mph.
This was the 20th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-6, SES O3b mPOWER-B, USSF-124, Bluebird 1-5, and now 16 Starlink missions.hyxd-
