SpaceX launches their 20th mission in 2023 with Starlink 5-5 on March 24th!

At Cape Canaveral SpaceX launched their 20th mission so far this year on Friday late morning for Starlink 5-5 with a ten time first stage booster B-1076 from launch pad SLC-40 Cape Canaveral Florida at 11:43 AM.

Fifty-three internet satellites were delivered to space and the first stage booster successfully landed on their drone ship ASOG (A Short Fall Of Gravitas) down range in the Atlantic ocean for their 181st landing and the 153rd re-flight of a Falcon 9 booster both corporate records with 219 total launches to date.

Weather was 95% Go For Launch with mostly blue skies and light winds at ground level.

Congratulations to the entire SpaceX team.

Launch Summary and Photos by Scott Schilke for spacenews.lu and space-news.es