Starlink Launch 26
Success
MAY 15202122:56:00 UTC52 v1.0 Starlinks delivered to the 53° shell alongside two rideshare payloads: Capella-6, a synthetic-aperture radar imaging satellite for Capella Space, and Tyvak-0130, a smallsat described in regulatory filings as an optical-spectrum astronomy observation spacecraft. The mission targeted a slightly higher orbit - roughly 570 km - compared to the standard 550 km of other Group 1 flights, and marked the last time the recovery vessel Shelia Bordelon retrieved fairings from the water.
LIFTOFF
MAY 15 202122:56:00 UTC
Success
launched fromLC-39AKennedy
aboardFalcon 9 B5intoLEO
Booster
B1058.8
Landed on drone ship · OCISLY
Payloads · 3
- 01
Starlink: Launch 26 (52 satellites)
Communications
- 02
Capella-6
Earth observation
- 03
Tyvak-0130
Earth observation
