SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from Space Coast

Falcon 9 lifted off at 12:33 a.m.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off early Saturday from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (WKMG)

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, Fla. – Another batch of Starlink satellites are in space after a Saturday morning launch from the Space Coast.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 12:33 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. It was originally scheduled for 11 a.m., though SpaceX officials announced a delay.

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The rocket will carried 23 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit for SpaceX’s satellite internet service.

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After that launch, the first stage booster landed on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean, after separation.


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