SpaceX drone ship leaves port for sixth back-to-back Starlink launch
Teslarati
MARCH 14, 2022
In 2022, SpaceX chose to move to an easterly trajectory so that Falcon boosters and fairings could land near the Bahamas, where seas tend to be calmer than those in the wintry mid-Atlantic. Safer recovery weather came at the cost of a slightly less efficient launch, requiring SpaceX to remove around 4-7 Starlink satellites from each mission.
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