SpaceX Launches Starlink 4-5, First Orbital Attempt of 2022

On Thursday, January 6 at 4:49pm ET (21:49 UTC), SpaceX launched Starlink Group 4 Launch 5 with 49 Starlink V1.5 satellites from LC-39A (F9/H pad) in Florida. Starlink is SpaceX's high-speed low latency satellite internet that initially launches on Falcon 9, but will launch on Starship in the future. The first stage, B1062, previously flew on GPS III-4, GPS III-5, and Inspiration4. For this mission, it landed on the "A Shortfall of Gravitas" stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. This was the 1st orbital attempt of 2022, 144th SpaceX mission, and 136th Falcon 9 launch.