BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – SpaceX on Thursday sent another batch of Starlink internet satellites to low-Earth orbit with a Falcon 9 rocket launch from Florida’s Space Coast.
The mission took off at 6:40 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Launch weather officers forecasted a 90% chance of favorable weather conditions Thursday evening on the coast, according to the 45th Weather Squadron.
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Thursday’s planned launch will be the seventh flight for the first stage booster supporting it, according to SpaceX.
The reusable booster — set to land upright on the “A Shortfall of Gravitas” drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean — previously supported such missions as ESA Euclid, CRS-30, Ax-2 and Ax-3, as well as two other Starlink launches.
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