BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – SpaceX successfully launched another Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Space Coast on Sunday evening.
The launch of 23 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station lifted off at 8:53 p.m.
According to SpaceX, this will be the 15th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched SES-22, ispace’s HAKUTO-R MISSION 1, Amazonas-6, CRS-27, Bandwagon-1, and nine Starlink missions.
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Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.