BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – SpaceX successfully launched another batch of Starlink internet satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Monday evening.
The Falcon 9 rocket was set to take off from Space Launch Complex 40 at 8:17 p.m. on Sunday, but was scrubbed with 30 seconds remaining on the clock, according to SpaceX.
Monday’s liftoff happened at 7:20 p.m.
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The mission — Starlink 6-25 — will loft 23 Starlink internet satellites to low-Earth orbit, marking the eighth flight taken by the first-stage booster SpaceX plans to use. That booster will attempt to land on the Just Read the Instructions drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship pic.twitter.com/apQwE5BpIH
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 30, 2023
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