SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched 24 Starlink Group 17-1 smallsats to low-Earth orbit on Tuesday, May 27 from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, at 9:57 a.m. PT. for the Starlink constellation. Photos by Satnews.
This is the 13th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched USSF-62, OneWeb Launch 20, NROL-145, and nine Starlink missions.
Following stage separation, the first stage landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, stationed in the Pacific Ocean.
The mission cost $52 million.
