{"id":9858,"date":"2025-05-03T21:06:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T13:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/spacex-launches-largest-batch-of-starlink-v2-mini-satellites-to-date\/"},"modified":"2025-05-03T21:06:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T13:06:53","slug":"spacex-launches-largest-batch-of-starlink-v2-mini-satellites-to-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/spacex-launches-largest-batch-of-starlink-v2-mini-satellites-to-date\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX launches largest batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites to date"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_69557\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69557\" style=\"width: 876px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-69557\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250504_Starlink_6-84_liftoff_AB-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"876\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250504_Starlink_6-84_liftoff_AB-1.jpg 876w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250504_Starlink_6-84_liftoff_AB-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250504_Starlink_6-84_liftoff_AB-1-678x452.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250504_Starlink_6-84_liftoff_AB-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-69557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) on May 4, 2025, to begin the Starlink 6-84 mission, the first flight carrying 29 Starlink V2 Mini satellites. Image: Adam Bernstein\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>Update May 4, 5:15 a.m. EDT: SpaceX landed its first stage booster on its droneship.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>SpaceX launched its largest batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites to date in a predawn Falcon 9 flight on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Onboard the Starlink 6-84 mission are 29 of what the company calls Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites, which were first publicly mentioned in the company\u2019s 2024 Progress Report. These satellites are about 225 kg lighter than the previous versions of the Starlink V2 Mini.<\/p>\n<p>Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center happened Sunday, May 4, at 4:54 a.m. EDT (0854 UTC). The rocket flew in a south-easterly trajectory once it left the pad.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nm1F8jBu3FM?si=WSUMZjfjJ1ks8Ka1\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the 45th Weather Squadron forecast a 55 percent chance for favorable weather during the launch window. Meteorologists expressed concern with anvil clouds, cumulus clouds and generally thick clouds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn Saturday, southerly flow will significantly increase moisture over the Florida peninsula out ahead of the approaching front,\u201d launch weather officers wrote. \u201cAlthough the boundary will not reach the area until well after the launch window, westerly winds aloft will likely bring in mid to upper-level clouds that develop along the front.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX used the Falcon 9 first stage booster, tail number 1078, to launch the Starlink 6-84 mission. It previously launched NASA\u2019s Crew-6, USSF-124, Bluebird 1-5 and 15 other batches of Starlink satellites.<\/p>\n<p>A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, B1078 landed on the SpaceX droneship, \u2018A Shortfall of Gravitas,\u2019 marking the 107th landing on that droneship and the 441st booster landing to date.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_69559\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69559\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-69559\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250504_Starlink_6-84_streak_MC-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250504_Starlink_6-84_streak_MC-1.jpg 584w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250504_Starlink_6-84_streak_MC-1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-69559\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SpaceX launches its Falcon 9 rocket on May 4, 2025 with a batch of 29 Starlink V2 Mini satellites from Launch Complex-39A at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Image: Michael Cain\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) on May 4, 2025, to begin the Starlink 6-84 mission, the first flight carrying 29 Starlink V2 Mini satellites. Image: Adam Bernstein\/Spaceflight Now Update May 4, 5:15 a.m. EDT: SpaceX landed its first stage booster on its droneship. 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