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ICYMI: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 overnight from Florida’s Space Coast

Liftoff took place at 12:35 a.m.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Space Coast early Monday morning.

The launch of 21 more Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, happened at 12:35 a.m.

Liftoff took place at Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

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SpaceX said this was the 14th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Axiom-2, Axiom-3, CRS-30, SES 24, Cygnus NG-21, Euclid, and seven Starlink missions.

Following stage separation, the first stage was planned to land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.


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