It was dark for this midnight launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 to launch 28 Starlink smallsats on Sunday, November 23 at 12:48 a.m. PT, Falcon 9. The smallsats were launched to low-Earth orbit to join the evergrowing Starlink constellation from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Photos captured by Satnews.
The forecast calls for a temperature of 48°F, few clouds, 16% cloud cover and a wind speed of 8mph.
This was the first flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission. Following stage separation, the first stage landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, which was stationed in the Pacific Ocean.