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Sunday, May 16, 2021
THE HAPPENING WORLD: SpaceX Starlink 27 Mission
The first stage booster was making its eighth flight, having previous launched, inter alia, the Crew Dragon Demo flight to the International Space Station (ISS), a cargo resupply mission to the ISS, and three earlier Starlink missions. The launch carried two ride-share payloads, along with the 52 Starlink satellites. Both halves of the payload fairing had previously flown.
Posted at May 16, 2021 11:33