Starlink Launch 8

Name: Starlink Launch 8
Start: 2020-06-13T09:21:18Z
Location: Canaveral

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.

LIFTOFF

JUN 13 2020

09:21:18 UTC

Success

launched from SLC-40 Canaveral

aboard Falcon 9 B5 into LEO

Broadcast

Watch how the launch went

Open on YouTube

Booster

B1059.3

Landed on drone ship · OCISLY

Payloads · 2

01
Starlink: Launch 8 (58 satellites)
Communications
02
SkySat-16,-17,-18
Earth observation