Starlink Group 8-1

First 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.