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Starlink 4-18 (Falcon 9) 18 May 2022 |
Launch Complex 39A Kennedy Space Center |
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 53 Starlink satellites into orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center at 6:59 a.m. on 18 May 2022. After stage separation the Falcon 9's first stage landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. This is the fifth flight for the Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Arabsat-6A, STP-2, COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2, and now two Starlink missions. |
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| Long distance views of the launch as seen through hazy early morning skies in Vero Beach, Florida. | |
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THE DAY AFTER |
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| Launch Complex-39A at Kennedy Space the day after the launch of the Starlink 4-18 mission. Note the Transporter-Erector (TE) has been lowered to the horizontal position and awaits being moved back on rails into the SpaceX building to be fitted with another rocket. | |
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A wider view shows the pad and the large white processing building for Falcon 9 rockets. |
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