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SpaceX successfully launches Falcon 9 from Florida’s Space Coast

Rocket lifted off at 12:12 a.m. from Cape Canaveral

SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. (Copyright 2024 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.)

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – SpaceX successfully launched another batch of Starlink satellites aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from the Space Coast early Sunday morning.

Liftoff from Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened as planned at 12:12 a.m.

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The launch will send 23 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit, according to a news release.

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SpaceX said this will be second flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched GOES-U. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.


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