The spacecraft operator and launch provider SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 vehicle from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, USA, at 1425 GMT on 3 March. The launch vehicle was carrying the 47 Starlink satellites on their Group 4-9 batch flight to low Earth orbit. First stage of the Falcon 9 vehicle (B1060), which was on its 11th flight, successfully landed on the drone barge “Just Read The Instructions” stationed down range in the Atlantic Ocean.
Screen grab of footage as Falcon 9 launches on 3 March 2022. Courtesy: SpaceX
