Definitely getting their monies worth out of it.....
https://www.space.com/spacex-starlin...launch-webcast
SpaceX to attempt record 9th flight of a Falcon 9 rocket with Starlink launch on Sunday
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX is gearing up to launch a third batch of Starlink satellites in as many weeks on Sunday (March 14) and you can watch the action live online.
The Hawthorne, California-based company is planning to fly one of its veteran
Falcon 9 rockets for a record nine times with the mission, which comes
just days after SpaceX's last launch. The two-stage launcher will blast off from the historic Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center here in Florida at 6:01 a.m. EDT (1101 GMT). .....
The booster, B1051, is one of two fleet leaders in SpaceX's stable of reusable rockets.
It first flew in March of 2019, lofting an uncrewed Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of a demonstration mission.
Following that successful debut, B1051 trekked across the country to
launch a trio of Earth-observing satellites for Canada from SpaceX's facilities at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The booster then flew a total of five times from Florida in 2020, carrying five different Starlink missions and a
broadband satellite for Sirius XM.
Sunday's mission marks the second flight for B1051 this year, and its second Starlink mission so far in 2021.
After its last flight took off on Jan. 20, SpaceX engineers were able to turn around the booster and get it ready for its historic ninth flight in just 53 days — the second quickest turnaround time for this particular booster. (The fastest was between flights 7 and 8, which took off just 38 days apart.)......
This particular flight, Starlink 21, is the 22nd set of internet-beaming satellites that SpaceX has delivered to space, including a set of initial prototypes in 2019.
The company planned for its initial constellation to be 1,440 strong, and while SpaceX is well on its way to achieving that milestone, the company has already been granted approval for as many as 30,000 with the option for evenmore at a later time.
The latest stack of 60 satellites will join the fleet already in orbit, bringing the total number launched over 1,300.......