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WATCH : SpaceX launches another batch of Starlink satellites from Florida

20 more satellites put into space

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – SpaceX successfully sent up yet another launch of its Starlink communications satellites on Tuesday evening.

In a release, the company announced that the 20 satellites were sent into orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Liftoff happened at 10:16 p.m.

The Space Force 45th Weather Squadron’s forecast showed only a 10% chance of weather getting in the way of the launch.

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This was the 20th flight for the first-stage booster used in this mission, which previously launched CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat 5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, mPOWER-a, PSN SATRIA, Telkomsat Merah Putih 2, and 10 other Starlink missions.

News 6 will stream the launch live at the top of this story when it happens.


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