SpaceX successfully launches 60 more satellites for its Starlink satellite internet constellation
https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/29/spacex-successfully-launches-60-more-satellites-for-its-starlink-satellite-internet-constellation/
SpaceX has launched yet another batch of 60 Starlink satellites – its third production batch of the orbital communication spacecraft, and its second batch this year alone. The launch took off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida this morning at 9:06 AM EST, using a Falcon 9 rocket whose booster stage had already flown twice before, for two prior SpaceX missions in 2019.
SpaceX also recovered the Falcon 9 booster yet again, landing it back on its drone landing ship in the Atlantic Ocean after it separated from the payload and the rocket’s second stage. At this point, SpaceX’s ability to recover its Falcon 9 boosters is pretty reliable – it has succeeded in 48 of 56 landing attempts overall, and the last time a Falcon 9 landing attempt went awry was in December of 2018.