Spacex Launch: spacex launch deploys 29 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral

A spacex launch on Sunday deployed 29 Starlink satellites, an outcome confirmed in an update at Mar. 1, 11: 03 p. m. EST (0403 UTC). The mission marked SpaceX’s 22nd mission of the year supporting its broadband internet satellite constellation in low Earth orbit.

Starlink 10-41 liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 and trajectory change

The Starlink 10-41 mission lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 9: 56: 40 p. m. EST (0256: 40 UTC). The flight returned SpaceX to a north-easterly trajectory after a run of mostly south-easterly trajectory missions that lasted for the better part of four months.

Spacex Launch booster B1078 recovers on 'Just Read the Instructions'

The Falcon 9 first stage used for the flight carried tail number 1078; the booster has flown 26 times, including on missions such as Crew-6, Nusantara Lima and USSF-124. Less than 8. 5 minutes after liftoff, B1078 landed on the droneship 'Just Read the Instructions' positioned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Carolina. That recovery was the 152nd landing on that vessel and the 580th booster landing for SpaceX to date.

Weather forecast and fleet activity across California and Florida

The 45th Weather Squadron forecast a 90 percent chance for favorable weather during the Sunday night launch window, while noting a small chance for interference from cumulus clouds. SpaceX began the month of March with successful Falcon 9 launches from both California and Florida on Sunday, following a Sunday morning launch of 25 Starlink satellites that raised the company’s tally to 566 satellites deployed so far this year.