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Record-Setting SpaceX Falcon 9 Boosts Starlink, SkySat Satellites

Mark Carreau August 18, 2020
Credit: SpaceX
A SpaceX Falcon 9 deployed 58 Starlink broadband internet-connectivity satellites and three Planet SkySat rideshares following an Aug. 18 launch from Cape Canaveral AFS, using a first-stage booster flown for a record sixth time. The launch at 10:31 a.m. EDT, from Space Launch Complex 40 was followed...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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