CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, Fla. – SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Space Coast on Sunday evening, sending another batch of Starlink satellites into to low-Earth orbit.
Twenty-three of the internet satellites will take the trip atop the same booster that launched CRS-27, seven other Starlink missions and several more notable endeavors, SpaceX said in a statement.
The rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 8:52 p.m.
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Falcon 9 delivers 23 @Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida – completing our 300th successful launch! pic.twitter.com/uXQR5us7VV
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 15, 2024
After stage separation during its 12th flight to date, the booster will try to land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
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