SpaceX launched their third mission of 2021 and the first of many planned Smallsat Rideshare Program missions, which are designed by the company to give small satellite operators the chance to launch together as a way to reduce cost on regularly scheduled flights to frequently used orbits.
The flight, called Transporter-1, lifted off with a record number of satellites on Sunday, January 24 at 10:00 EST (15:00 UTC) at the opening of a 22 minute launch window from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) in Florida.