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SpaceX successfully launches another Falcon 9 from Space Coast

Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit a day after it launched the European Commission’s Galileo L12 mission from the Florida coast.

The Falcon 9 lifted off at 6:08 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

The space agency said it will be the 13th flight for the first stage booster supporting the mission, which previously launched CRS-26, OneWeb Launch 16, Intelsat IS-40e, O3b mPOWER, Ovzon 3, EUTELSAT 36D, and six Starlink missions.

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After stage separation, the first stage is scheduled to land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship.


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