Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station yesterday, on what is the eighth Starlink mission.
Following stage separation, SpaceX landed Falcon 9’s first stage on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship, which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, said the company.
Light pollution
A significance of this mission was that SpaceX launched the first Starlink satellite with a deployable visor to block sunlight from hitting the brightest spots of the spacecraft.
