Starlink Group 8-1
Success
APR 07202402:25:00 UTCFirst Starlink Group 8 launch from Vandenberg, carrying 21 v2 mini satellites - 15 standard and 6 direct-to-cell - into the 53° shell on B1081's sixth flight.
The 6 D2C satellites were among the early batch enabling text messaging directly to unmodified cell phones, a capability SpaceX was rolling out incrementally by mixing D2C payloads into standard Starlink batches.
LIFTOFF
APR 07 202402:25:00 UTC
Success
launched fromSLC-4EVandenberg
aboardFalcon 9 B5intoLEO
Booster
B1081.6
Landed on drone ship · OCISLY
Payloads · 2
- 01
Starlink x 15
Communications
- 02
Starlink-D2C x 6
Communications
