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SpaceX carries out overnight launch from Florida Space Coast

More Starlink satellites lift off on Falcon 9 rocket.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center taking more Starlink satellites into orbit. (SpaceX, Copyright 2024 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – SpaceX launched more Starlink internet satellites early Tuesday into orbit on board a Falcon 9 rocket.

The launch of 21 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center happened at 12:24 a.m. on Tuesday, however the company did not provide a live stream of the liftoff.

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This was the 8th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-8, Polaris Dawn, CRS-31, Astranis: From One to Many, and three Starlink missions, according to the release.

Following stage separation, the first stage landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which was be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.


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