SpaceX launches its first batch of 60 Starlink satellites for the new year
The landing was crucial as the winds in the landing zone where the recovery ship was stationed exceeded the safety window.
Jan 22, 2021 09:47:42 IST
The first batch of Starlink satellites of this year was launched to orbit on 20 January 2021. As per reports, a total of 60 satellites were launched as part of the mission. A Falcon 9 rocket carried the seventeenth batch of satellites at 6.32 pm IST ( 8.02 am EST) from Complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center, Florida and deployed the payload into their intended orbit one hour and four minutes after the launch, as per a