SpaceX Starlink launches are becoming increasingly routine, but the seventh mission of 2021 to carry a new batch of the company's broadband satellites to orbit will also set a new milestone.
The Falcon 9 booster blasted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 3:01 a.m. PT (6:01 a.m. ET) early Sunday March 14. It sent 60 more orbiting routers to space and in the process nailed a record ninth launch and landing, setting a new standard for rocket recycling.