Falcon 9’s launch failure viewed from KSC press site

The Starlink 10-29 mission added another 28 satellites into the low Earth orbit megaconstellation. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station occurred at 11:37 p.m. EDT (0337 UTC).

Sixty more satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink global Internet network streaked into orbit Monday night from Cape Canaveral, including one spacecraft to test an experimental dark coating to address scientists’ concerns that the thousands of the quarter-ton, flat-panel satellites will impede astronomical observations.

The human-rated Crew Dragon spacecraft being developed by SpaceX will return to Earth under parachutes for splashdowns in ocean, and not execute helicopter-like propulsive touchdowns on land, a SpaceX official confirmed Monday.