SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites from Florida coast

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

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – SpaceX on Sunday night launched another batch of Starlink internet satellites to low-Earth orbit with a Falcon 9 rocket.

The rocket lifted off at 10:09 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

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This is the 20th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-5, GPS III Space Vehicle 06, Inmarsat I6-F2, CRS-28, Intelsat G-37, NG-20, TD7, and 12 Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

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