On a beautiful sunny Tuesday, June 10 at 9:05 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink smallsats, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities for the Starlink mega-constellation, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
This was the 12th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-8, Polaris Dawn, CRS-31, Astranis: From One to Many, IM-2, and now seven Starlink missions.
SpaceX to launch Starlink Group 12-24 smallsats; two planned launches on Tuesday
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 will launch Starlink Group 12-24 smallsats on Tuesday at 6:03 AM – 10:03 AM PDT totaling $69.75 million. The launch of a batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation will take place at Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS.
According to weather officials, there’s a 90% chance of favorable weather conditions at the time of the launch. Officials are monitoring weather conditions with concerns related to Cumulus Cloud Rule, Surface Electric Fields Rule. The forecast calls for a temperature of 79°F, scattered clouds, 33% cloud cover and a wind speed of 10mph.
The Falcon 9 first stage will attempt to land on ASDS JRTI after its flight. The booster serial number is unknown at this time.
The second launch is:
