SpaceX Launches 29 Starlink Satellites, Lands Falcon 9 for 30th Time

3 articles · Updated · Space.com · Aug 21

Cape Canaveral saw SpaceX lift 29 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit at 1514 GMT on Aug. 21, a day after an earlier launch attempt was scrubbed.
B1078 returned to the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas about 8.5 minutes after liftoff, marking the 30th launch-and-landing cycle for that Falcon 9 booster.
The rocket's upper stage was set to deploy the batch 61.5 minutes after launch, adding to a Starlink network that already has nearly 11,000 operational satellites.
The mission was SpaceX's 98th Falcon 9 flight of 2026 and its 75th dedicated Starlink launch, underscoring the company's heavy focus on expanding the broadband constellation.

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