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WATCH IT AGAIN: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket from Space Coast, 2nd launch in under 12 hours

Falcon Heavy launched earlier Friday carrying Psyche spacecraft for NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX launched another batch of the company’s Starlink satellites Friday night, just hours after launching its Falcon Heavy rocket earlier in the day.

The launch took place at 7:01 p.m.

According to SpaceX, 22 Starlink satellites are going to be sent into orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

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The Starlink launch is expected to be the 14th flight for the first-stage booster used in the mission, which was previously used in CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat 5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, mPOWER-a, PSN SATRIA, and five other Starlink missions.

This mission was previously scrubbed on Sunday. Upper-level winds kept the Falcon 9 rocket on the launch pad Sunday night.


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Thomas Mates is a Streaming Executive Producer for News 6 and ClickOrlando.com. He also produces the podcast Florida Foodie. Thomas is originally from Northeastern Pennsylvania and worked in Portland, Oregon before moving to Central Florida in August 2018. He graduated from Temple University with a degree in Journalism in 2010.

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