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SpaceX launches 14th Falcon 9 mission of May 2024
On May 31, 2024, SpaceX launched its 14th and final mission of this month via Falcon 9 reusable space vehicle to deliver 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit. This month’s launch schedule included three customer payloads and 11 Starlink missions.
Here’s the detail of 14 missions SpaceX conducted in May 2024:
- May 2, 2024 – MAXAR 1 Mission
- May 2, 2024 – Starlink Mission
- May 6, 2024 – Starlink Mission
- May 8, 2024 – Starlink Mission
- May 9, 2024 – Starlink Mission
- May 14, 2024 – Starlink Mission
- May 14, 2024 – Starlink Mission
- May 17, 2024 – Starlink Mission
- May 22, 2024 – NROL-146 Mission
- May 22, 2024 – Starlink Mission
- May 23, 2024 – Starlink Mission
- May 28, 2024 – Starlink Mission
- May 28, 2024 – ESA Earthcare Mission
- May 31, 2024 – Starlink Mission
Most recently, the company liftoff 350th Falcon 9 mission is another milestone for the space launch company as it enters next month.
SpaceX Falcon 9 Lifting Off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida (Image Source – SpaceX)
Liftoff and Landing
SpaceX lifted off the 14th mission of this month from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The weather remained highly favorable for this liftoff.
One more for the month of May, liftoff of Falcon 9 pic.twitter.com/YHyWQ6KaE0
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 1, 2024
Not only mission, but it was also the 14th flight for the first stage booster and previously supported CRS-26, OneWeb Launch 16, Intelsat IS-40e, O3b mPOWER, Ovzon 3, EUTELSAT 36D, and 8 Starlink missions including the latest. Post-separation, the booster maneuvered back to Earth and landed on a droneship.
Landing burn and touchdown of Falcon 9 on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship pic.twitter.com/h1NSP4tC2V
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 1, 2024
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