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| SpaceX Falcon 9 stack goes vertical at sunset Sunday Nov 10 at Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, for Starlink-1 mission targeted for launch Veteran’s Day Nov. 11, 2019 at 9:56 a.m. EST. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com |
Ken Kremer - - For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM
TITUSVILLE, FL- The SpaceX Falcon 9 went vertical at sunset and moonrise Sunday evening on the Florida Space Coast, Nov 10 in anticipation of the Veteran’s Day Monday, Nov. 11 launch of the next batch of 60 Starlink broadband satellites under very special ‘flight-proven’ circumstances - wherein it’s the first time the recovered first stage launches for the fourth time and it’s the first time a launch includes recovered and reused payload fairings.
Falcon 9’s first stage previously supported the Iridium-7, SAOCOM-1A, and Nusantara Satu comsat/Beresheet moon landing missions.
Read the entire story at Space UpClose:
https://www.spaceupclose.com/2019/11/spacex-falcon-9-goes-vertical-at-sunset-moonrise-for-veterans-day-starlink-launch-nov-11-with-reused-booster-and-fairings-photos/
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