The launch window for Starlink Mission 10-19 opened at 10:48 a.m., but SpaceX pushed back the launch time. It did not disclose why. Liftoff originally was scheduled for Monday, Spectrum News 13 reported.
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This marked the 18th flight for the first-stage booster supporting the mission, B1085.
B1085’s previous missions included the Crew 9 launch.
Crew 9
RRT-1
Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1
Fram2
SXM-10
MTG-S1
EchoStar XXV
SXM-1
Nine Starlink missions
After the stage separation, the first-stage rocket landed on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean.
The 29 satellites from the Starlink company, owned by SpaceX, head to low-Earth orbit to join the thousands already there.
Once deployed and in their orbit, they will provide internet service to many parts of Earth.
Dr. Jonathan McDowell, of Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, has been documenting Starlink satellites.
Before this launch, McDowell recorded the following:
10,939 are in orbit
9,209 are in operational orbit
