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Starlink Launch 8

Success
JUN 13202009:21:18 UTC

The first operational Starlink rideshare mission - 58 v1.0 Starlinks plus SkySats 16, 17, and 18 for Planet Labs - into the 53° shell on B1059's third flight. Also the first Falcon 9 launch to skip a pre-flight static fire of its Merlin engines.

launched fromSLC-40Canaveral

aboardFalcon 9 B5intoLEO

Booster

B1059.3

Landed on drone ship · OCISLY

Payloads · 2

  • 01

    Starlink: Launch 8 (58 satellites)

    Communications

  • 02

    SkySat-16,-17,-18

    Earth observation