This is the seventh flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched ESA Euclid, Ax-2, Ax-3, CRS-30, and two Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
LAUNCH! SpaceX Falcon 9 B1080 launches the Starlink 6-52 mission from SLC-40.
Another happy landing (LOS on booster cam).
Pete Carstens
@CarstensPete
Todays Starlink 6-52 from Cape Canaveral, FL.
Deployment of 23 @Starlink satellites confirmed
Tyler Gray
@TylerG1998
40 #SpaceX flights in the books, and its not even May yet. 😮
Updated orbital launch count as of Apr. 18 (Apr. 19 UTC):
Earth 🌎 74/75
USA 🇺🇸 46/46
China 🇨🇳 16/16* (1 partial failure)
Russia 🇷🇺 6/6
Japan 🇯🇵 2/3
Iran 🇮🇷 2/2
India 🇮🇳 2/2
1/3
Orbital launches by organization:
🇺🇸 40 SpaceX, 4 Rocket Lab, 2 ULA
🇨🇳 12 CASC (1 partial failure), 2 CASIC, 1 OrienSpace, 1 CAS Space
🇷🇺 5 RKTs-Progress, 1 Khrunichev
🇯🇵 2 MHI, 1 Space One ❌
🇮🇳 2 ISRO
🇮🇷 1 IRGC, 1 ISA
2/3
Launches by spaceport:
🇺🇸 20 CCSFS, 13 Vandy, 9 KSC, 1 Wallops
🇨🇳 5 Xichang, 5 Jiuquan, 3 Wenchang, 2 offshore, 1 Taiyuan
🇳🇿 3 Māhia
🇷🇺 3 Baikonur, 2 Vostochny, 1 Plesetsk
🇯🇵 2 Tanegashima, 1 Space Port Kii
🇮🇳 2 Satish Dhawan
🇮🇷 1 Shahrud, 1 Semnan
3/3
SpaceX
@SpaceX
Falcon 9 launches 23
@Starlink
satellites to low-Earth orbit from Florida
Ben Cooper
@LaunchPhoto
Falcon 9 launches Starlink 6-52
Max Evans
@_mgde_
In the evening's gentle hue, Falcon 9 soars,
A beacon of human ambition, refined to its core.
Starlink 6-52, its mission divine,
To weave constellations in the cosmic design.
Liftoff of Starlink 6-52 from SLC-40 at 6:40pm local time.
📸 -
@NASASpaceflight
rykllan
@_rykllan
Recent 27th #Starlink launch of this year via #SpaceX's #Falcon9 vehicle
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