flown bySpaceXUSA

Starlink Launch 16

Success
JAN 20202113:02:00 UTC

B1051's eighth flight set two records at once: it was the first Falcon 9 to fly eight times, and its 38-day turnaround from the SXM-7 mission was the fastest booster reflown to date. SpaceX deliberately launched into higher-than-normal winds to test the landing envelope - B1051 recovered cleanly on JRTI.

With the 60 v1.0 satellites aboard reaching the 53° shell, the cumulative Starlink total crossed 1,000 spacecraft in orbit.

launched fromLC-39AKennedy

aboardFalcon 9 B5intoLEO

Booster

B1051.8

Landed on drone ship · JRTI

Payload

Starlink: Launch 16 (60 satellites)

Communications