CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket early Wednesday morning.
The launch of the rocket with 23 Starlink satellites took place at 12:05 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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It was be the 11th flight for the first-stage booster, which previously launched SES-22, ispace’s HAKUTO-R Mission 1, Hispasat Amazonas Nexus mission, CRS-27, and six Starlink missions.
SpaceX later said that the 23 satellites successfully deployed.
Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/YgFeR9uMQw
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) November 8, 2023
Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship pic.twitter.com/4uyV7XCAK4
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) November 8, 2023
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