SpaceX Launches Another Falcon 9 rocket with more Starlink satellites.

SpaceX has launched another 47 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit. The liftoff occurred at 9:25 AM EST (14:25 UTC) on Thursday, March 3, from the historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This mission marked SpaceX’s ninth launch of 2022 and their first launch of the month.

The 45th Weather Squadron at Patrick Space Force Base forecasted a 90% chance of favorable weather for launch, with a low risk of violating weather criteria in the booster recovery area. Both the ascent and the first stage landing occurred nominally and on schedule.

The Starlink satellites were placed into an initial 53.2º inclination, 307 x 313-kilometer orbit. Over the coming months, they will make use of their onboard krypton-propellant ion engines to slowly reach their operational 540-kilometer circular orbits.