Falcon 9 launches two Galileo satellites

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Galileo L12 mission, two Galileo satellites (Galileo FOC-M10 25 & 27, SAT 29-30), to medium Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 28 April 2024, at 00:34 UTC (27 April, at 20:34 EDT). Falcon 9’s first stage (B1060) previously supported 19 missions: Transporter-2, GPS-III Space Vehicle 03, Turksat-5A, Intelsat G-33/G-34, Transporter-6, IM-1and 13 Starlink missions. Due to the additional performance required to deliver the payload to medium Earth orbit, Falcon 9’s first stage was not planned to be recovered. Credit: SpaceX