{"id":275805,"date":"2024-03-19T07:24:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T14:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=328399"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:54:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:54:30","slug":"the-spacex-falcon-9-takes-off-again-on-another-starlink-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-spacex-falcon-9-takes-off-again-on-another-starlink-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"The SpaceX Falcon 9 takes off again on another Starlink mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has been a busy week for <strong>SpaceX<\/strong>, the aerospace company founded by <strong>Elon Musk<\/strong>. After the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/has-it-exploded-this-time-this-has-been-the-third-test-flight-of-starship-the-spacex-rocket\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">successful third test flight of their <strong>Starship<\/strong> rocket<\/a> last Thursday, the company launched their <strong>Falcon 9<\/strong> rocket from their Vandenberg Space Base platform this Tuesday to <strong>orbit 22 Starlink satellites<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"NASA App\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/2cddcc48-a4d6-11e6-88af-00163ec9f5fa\/3678680588\/nasa-app-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">NASA App<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/nasa-app.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/nasa-app.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Falcon 9 rocket took off from the <strong>Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E)<\/strong> at 3:28 in the morning (Spanish peninsular time), on the <strong>Starlink 7-16 mission<\/strong>. It has been the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacex.com\/launches\/mission\/?missionId=sl-7-16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">tenth launch of the Falcon 9 first stage booster<\/a> used in this flight, tail number B1075 of the SpaceX fleet. Previously, the booster was used in two missions for the <strong>US Space Development Agency<\/strong>, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/spacex-puts-into-orbit-53-satellites-starlink-falcon-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">seven other Starlink missions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just over eight minutes after takeoff, the B1075 landed on SpaceX&#8217;s unmanned vessel known as <strong>&#8220;Of Course I Still Love You&#8221; (OCISLY)<\/strong>. It was the 86th landing on OCISLY and the 285th for a SpaceX rocket to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 22 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg SFB, California\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gHJ_M3hzvrA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While this mission is taking place, SpaceX and NASA are also preparing to launch a <strong>Cargo Dragon<\/strong> from Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Station in Florida. This will be the thirtieth flight under SpaceX&#8217;s <strong>Commercial Resupply Services (CRS)<\/strong> contract with NASA to transport cargo and scientific material to the orbital outpost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This mission is also notable because it will be the first time that a second-generation <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/this-is-how-a-spacex-rocket-returns-from-space-to-earth-its-worth-seeing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Dragon spacecraft<\/a> is launched to the <strong>International Space Station<\/strong> from the SLC-40 platform. The first Dragon capsule was launched aboard the inaugural Falcon 9 rocket from the platform in 2010, but operations were moved to the 39A platform at the <strong>Kennedy Space Center<\/strong> after the first-generation Dragon retired following the CRS-20 mission in March 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"NASA App\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/2cddcc48-a4d6-11e6-88af-00163ec9f5fa\/3678680588\/nasa-app-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">NASA App<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/nasa-app.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/nasa-app.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been a busy week for SpaceX, the aerospace company founded by Elon Musk. After the successful third test flight of their Starship rocket last Thursday, the company launched their Falcon 9 rocket from their Vandenberg Space Base platform this Tuesday to orbit 22 Starlink satellites. The Falcon 9 rocket took off from the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-spacex-falcon-9-takes-off-again-on-another-starlink-mission\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The SpaceX Falcon 9 takes off again on another Starlink mission&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9256,"featured_media":275807,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[4289],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-275805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionnasa-app"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9256"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275805"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":314337,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275805\/revisions\/314337"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275805"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=275805"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=275805"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=275805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}