Overview
- The Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral at 9:12 p.m. EDT Saturday carrying eight Globalstar 2R satellites for constellation replenishment.
- Mission controllers began deploying the eight spacecraft about 56.5 minutes after liftoff and completed separation over roughly six minutes, SpaceX reported.
- First stage booster B1090, making its 14th flight, returned to Landing Zone 40 about eight minutes after launch, marking another reuse success for SpaceX.
- The 45th Weather Squadron had forecast a 90 percent chance of favorable conditions for the launch with only low risks from lingering cumulus and anvil clouds.
- Globalstar says the replenishment is critical to sustaining customer services and the company has paused earnings calls and guidance while a planned acquisition by Amazon moves toward a 2027 close.