CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Space Coast on Friday evening.
According to the company, the rocket carried 23 Starlink satellites into orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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The launch time was 8:37 p.m., though it was originally scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
Targeting Friday, November 3 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 @Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Florida → https://t.co/bJFjLCiTbK
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) November 3, 2023
This was the 18th flight for the first-stage booster used in the mission, which was previously used to launch Crew Demo-2, ANASIS-11, CRS-21, Transporter-1, Transporter-3, and 12 other Starlink missions, according to SpaceX.
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