Spaceflight.com by Tyler Gray August 29, 2020
As SpaceX continued to roll through its 2020 launch campaign, the company was slated to launch another batch of Starlink internet satellites to help complement the current constellation in low Earth orbit. The mission was set to launch on a flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket from historic LC-39A on Sunday.
However, inclement weather the night before forced a delay to the mission, which is now — pending Range approval — set to launch Tuesday, 1 September at 09:29 EDT (13:29 UTC)
Tuesday’s mission, also known as Starlink V1.0 L11, will be the 14th orbital launch for SpaceX in 2020, and the 94th flight of the company’s workhorse two-stage Falcon 9 since its maiden launch in June 2010.
Starlink V1.0 L11 was also set to be the 100th mission launched by SpaceX, thereby marking a major milestone in the company’s history since their conception in May 2002 and the debut flight of the Falcon 1 – the first rocket to be built by SpaceX – in March 2006.
That milestone, if the schedule holds, will now be the SAOCOM 1B mission — the second of the Sunday planned double-header.
Since March 2006, SpaceX have enjoyed a 95% launch success rate over the 99 flights they’ve conducted to date using their indigenously-developed Falcon 1, Falcon 9, and Falcon Heavy launchers. SpaceX hopes to carry that trend of success into the future with their next-generation Starship/Super Heavy launch system, which will help the company achieve their main aim of colonizing Mars and making humans an multiplanetary species.
More:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/08/spacex-super-sunday-100th-falcon-launch/
