SpaceX Starlink 28 launch & Falcon 9 first stage landing, 15 May 2021

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 52 Starlink satellites (Starlink-28), a Capella Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite and Tyvak-0130, from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on 15 May 2021, at 22:54 UTC (18:54 EDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1058) previously supported seven missions: Demo-2, ANASIS-II, CRS-21, Transporter-1 and three Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX
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