CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket late Friday morning from Florida’s Space Coast.
The rocket carried 56 Starlink satellites into orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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The first-stage booster used in the launch was previously utilized to launch CRS-24, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F, OneWeb 1, SES-18, SES-19 and three other Starlink missions, SpaceX said.
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Following stage separation, the booster landed on the “A Shortfall of Gravitas” droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/OUNkJ5gCD1
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 23, 2023
New T-0 of 11:35 a.m. ET; weather is 40% favorable for liftoff
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 23, 2023
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