SpaceX Starlink 27 launch & Falcon 9 first stage landing, 9 May 2021

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 60 Starlink satellites (Starlink-27) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 9 May 2021, at 06:42 UTC (02:42 EDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1051) previously supported nine missions: Demo-1 (Crew Dragon’s first demonstration mission), RADARSAT Constellation Mission, SXM-7 and six Starlink missions. According to SpaceX, Starlink 27 was “the first tenth flight of an orbital class rocket booster”. Credit: SpaceX