SpaceX Marks 600th Flight-Proven Falcon Launch With 29 Starlink Satellites
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Updated · Spaceflight Now · Jul 13
SpaceX Marks 600th Flight-Proven Falcon Launch With 29 Starlink Satellites
3 articles · Updated · Spaceflight Now · Jul 13
Summary
SpaceX used booster B1080 for its 600th flight-proven Falcon mission, lifting off from Cape Canaveral at 5:10 a.m. EDT on the Starlink 10-45 launch.
The mission deployed 29 broadband satellites, pushing SpaceX’s low-Earth-orbit Starlink fleet past 10,800 spacecraft.
B1080 was flying for the 28th time and landed about 8.5 minutes after liftoff on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic.
That recovery was the vessel’s 161st and SpaceX’s 638th booster landing, extending the company’s rapid-reuse record across back-to-back Starlink missions.