{"id":10152,"date":"2024-03-26T01:27:41","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T17:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/spacex-reaches-its-175th-falcon-9-flight-from-cape-canaveral-with-monday-evening-starlink-mission\/"},"modified":"2024-03-26T01:27:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T17:27:41","slug":"spacex-reaches-its-175th-falcon-9-flight-from-cape-canaveral-with-monday-evening-starlink-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/spacex-reaches-its-175th-falcon-9-flight-from-cape-canaveral-with-monday-evening-starlink-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX reaches its 175th Falcon 9 flight from Cape Canaveral with Monday evening Starlink mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_65741\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65741\" style=\"width: 876px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65741\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240325_Starlink_6-46_launch_MC-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"876\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240325_Starlink_6-46_launch_MC-1.jpg 876w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240325_Starlink_6-46_launch_MC-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240325_Starlink_6-46_launch_MC-1-678x452.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240325_Starlink_6-46_launch_MC-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65741\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on the Starlink 6-46 mission on Monday, March 25. This marked the 175th launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Image: Michael Cain\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Monday evening with 23 Starlink satellites on board. This mission marked the 175th flight for SpaceX from its workhorse pad to date.<\/p>\n<p>Liftoff of the Starlink 6-46 mission occurred at 7:42 p.m. EDT (2342 UTC) from Space Launch Complex-40 (SLC-40). This was also the 20th mission launching from Florida in 2024.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JIM6Yked8OY\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, tail number B1078 in the SpaceX fleet, launched for an eighth time. It previously launched NASA\u2019s Crew-6 mission, SES\u2019 O3b mPOWER 3 &amp;4 satellites, the USSF-124 mission and four Starlink flights.<\/p>\n<p>About eight-and-a-half minutes after liftoff, B1078 landed on the SpaceX droneship, \u2018A Shortfall of Gravitas.\u2019 This was the 62nd landing on ASOG and the 228th booster landing to date.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65742\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65742\" style=\"width: 701px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65742\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240325_Starlink_6-46_launch_MC-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"701\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240325_Starlink_6-46_launch_MC-2.jpg 701w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240325_Starlink_6-46_launch_MC-2-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240325_Starlink_6-46_launch_MC-2-678x847.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65742\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket moments after it jettisoned its payload fairings from the upper stage. The post-sunset launch offered a so-called \u2018jellyfish effect\u2019 as the plume was illuminated by the setting sun. Image: Michael Cain\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SpaceX\u2019s Starlink constellation will expand to 5,680 satellites on orbit, according to numbers tracked by Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist and astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. More than 6,000 Starlink satellites have launched to date.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day down in Texas, SpaceX also performed a static fire test of Ship 29, the upper stage vehicle that will be used during the fourth integrated flight test (IFT-4) of its Starship rocket.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1772372482214801754&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceflightnow.com%2F2024%2F03%2F25%2Flive-coverage-spacex-to-launch-23-starlink-satellites-aboard-a-falcon-9-rocket-from-cape-canaveral%2F&amp;sessionId=60f9d8808256565e429ff21987e6b74a6a4de858&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782461658939882677=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Full-duration static fire of all six Raptor engines on Flight 4 Starship pic.twitter.com\/HzS4SeaoEV<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 25, 2024<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on the Starlink 6-46 mission on Monday, March 25. This marked the 175th launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Image: Michael Cain\/Spaceflight Now SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Monday evening with 23 Starlink satellites on board. 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