Overview
- Falcon 9 lifted off from SLC-40 at 9:56 p.m. EST on Sunday, March 1, carrying 29 Starlink v2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit.
- First-stage booster B1078 flew for the 26th time and landed on the droneship Just Read the Instructions in the Atlantic Ocean.
- The mission marked a return to a north-easterly launch trajectory following several south-easterly Starlink flights.
- The 45th Weather Squadron had forecast a 90% chance of favorable conditions for the evening launch window.
- Earlier reports listed differing target liftoff times, but the launch proceeded late in the evening within the planned window.