SpaceX’s sunrise Starlink launch adds 29 satellites to low Earth orbit megaconstellation

SpaceX launched a batch Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station about 20 minutes before sunrise Thursday morning. The morning lighting illuminated the plume of the rocket in a so-called ‘jellyfish effect’ for those viewing the launch from the East Coast of the United States. The Starlink 10-31 mission added another 29 broadband internet satellites to the low Earth orbit constellation that consists of more than 10,000 spacecraft. This was the 46th mission supporting SpaceX’s Starlink program. More

(Source: SpaceFlight Now - May 22)