CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX successfully pulled off another Falcon 9 rocket launch from Florida’s Space Coast on Friday night.
In a release, company officials said the launch sent a communications satellite into orbit from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on behalf of the UAE-based company Yahsat.
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According to Yahsat’s website, the satellite — dubbed “Thuraya 4″ — is actually the sixth that the company has sent into orbit, symbolizing “the nation’s relentless pursuit of excellence and innovation in spacetech.”
Liftoff happened at 8:27 p.m., which was the very start of SpaceX’s four-hour launch window.
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SpaceX stated that the launch constitutes the 20th flight for the first-stage booster used in this mission, which was previously used to launch SES-22, ispace’s HAKUTO-R MISSION 1, Amazonas-6, CRS-27, Bandwagon-1, GSAT-20, and 13 Starlink missions.
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