While the Starship second launch (IFT-2) from Boca Chica, Texas, on 18 November, gained all the headlines, earlier the same day a more mundane SpaceX launch took place from Pad 40 in Cape Canaveral at 0505 GMT. A Falcon 9v1.2 Block 5 launched the Starlink Group 6-28 of 23 Starlink v2 Mini satellites for the second generation constellation. The reusable first stage B1069, on its 11th flight, was successfully landed down range on a drone barge Just Read The Instruction.
Starlink launch ready to go. Courtesy: SpaceX
