SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Maxar Satellites

SpaceX launched two Maxar Earth-observing satellites, WorldView Legion 5 and 6, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday (Feb. 4), at 2313 UTC. Falcon 9 rocket's first stage successfully landed back on Earth at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station about eight minutes after launch. The Falcon 9 upper stage deployed WorldView Legion 5 about 49 minutes after launch and WorldView Legion 6 roughly an hour after that as planned.