{"id":547108,"date":"2026-03-19T16:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/547108\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T16:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:39:08","slug":"spacex-launches-starlink-10-33-mission-deploys-29-satellites-successfully","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/547108\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX launches Starlink 10-33 mission, deploys 29 satellites successfully"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SpaceXSpaceX launches Starlink 10-33 mission, deploys 29 satellites successfully<\/p>\n

The Starlink 10-33 mission was successfully launched on Thursday, March 19, 2026.<\/p>\n

This marks another milestone for SpaceX in its efforts to expand global satellite internet coverage.<\/p>\n

At 10:35 a.m. EDT, the Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, carrying 29 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low-Earth orbit.<\/p>\n

The scientists declared the mission a complete success, continuing the company\u2019s rapid launch cadence.<\/p>\n

A major highlight of the event was the performance of the first-stage booster, referred to as Booster B1077.<\/p>\n

It took eight and a half minutes for the rocket to lift off and land successfully on the autonomous drone ship \u201cJust Read the Instructions\u201d stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n

This is the 27th flight of the Booster B1077, underscoring the reusability of SpaceX’s equipment.<\/p>\n

After an hour of launch, all 29 satellites were successfully deployed into their initial orbit.<\/p>\n

The latest deployed satellites are currently moving in a tight formation known as a \u201cStarlink train.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the coming days, they will spread out as they manoeuvre into their pre-defined operational positions.<\/p>\n

This shrinking formation can be observed by skywatchers. The optimal time to view is shortly after sunset or before sunrise, when the satellites reflect sunlight against a darker sky.<\/p>\n

Observers are advised to look approximately 45 to 90 minutes after sunset for a line of steady, moving lights crossing the sky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SpaceX launches Starlink 10-33 mission, deploys 29 satellites successfully The Starlink 10-33 mission was successfully launched on Thursday,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547109,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[49,48,66],"class_list":["post-547108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}