SpaceX Starlink 26 launch & Falcon 9 first stage landing, 4 May 2021

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 60 Starlink satellites (Starlink-26) from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on 4 May 2021, at 19:01 UTC (15:01 EDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1049) previously supported eight missions: Iridium-8, Telstar 18 VANTAGE and six Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX
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