CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit early Monday with a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The launch of the 52 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 on Florida’s Space Coast happened at 3:10 a.m.
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SpaceX said the first-stage booster supporting the mission previously launched SES-22, ispace’s HAKUTO-R Mission 1, Hispasat Amazonas Nexus, CRS-27 and four Starlink missions.
Following stage separation, the first stage landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
Falcon 9 launches 52 @Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida pic.twitter.com/5O54cXO8qv
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 12, 2023
Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship pic.twitter.com/ttm6F0auDU
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 12, 2023
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