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(beautiful) Black Sky, "a 'Black Eye'"?

12/12/18 = :05

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 50 satellites to orbit for Starlink megaconstellation, BlackSky

14 hours ago

There were 48 Starlink satellites on board, plus two Earth observation satellites for BlackSky Global.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX just launched the first of four planned Falcon 9 rocket launches this month, with its workhorse rocket carrying a stack of 48 Starlink satellites and two BlackSky Earth observation satellites into orbit, before sticking a booster landing at sea.

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Tonight's Falcon 9 launch marks the first of five launches planned to lift off from Florida in December. The next mission, scheduled for Sunday morning (Dec. 5), features a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying a mix of payloads for the U.S. Space Force. One such payload features a new laser communication system for NASA called the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration.

Also on deck is NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission, scheduled for Dec. 9; a communications satellite for Turkey (Turksat 5B), scheduled for Dec. 18, and finally a cargo resupply mission which is slated to carry cargo to the International Space Station on Dec. 21.

https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-blacksky-launch-success-december-2021

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https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/11/30/two-blacksky-satellites-hitching-ride-on-spacex-starlink-mission/

https://www.space.com/nasa-laser-communications-relay-demonstration-launching-soon