Starlink 4 (Falcon 9)
17 February 2020
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the fifth group of 60 Starlink satellites into orbit on 17 February 2020 at 10:05 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Falcon 9’s first stage previously launched the CRS-17 mission in May 2019, the CRS-18 mission in July 2019, and the JCSAT-18/Kacific1 mission in December 2019. Following stage separation, the Falcon 9 first stage attempted a landing on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean but came down in the water instead.

This mission placed 60 more Starlink satellites into orbit as part of a global broadband satellite internet system.

VENTING GASEOUS OXYGEN DURING FUELING
LAUNCH
What looks like smudges on the images below are actually flocks of birds.
The dark blurry objects are birds.
Moments after this the rocket vanished into the clouds.
SPACE LAUNCH COMPLEX 40 SURROUNDED BY EXHAUST CLOUDS
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