Watch: SpaceX launches another batch of Starlink satellites
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying another batch of Starlink satellites blasted off from Kennedy Space Center on Friday afternoon
The rocket lifted off from Launch pad 39-A just after 12:00 p.m.
Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/28eNKniMqe
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 17, 2022
This was the 13th launch of this particular first-stage booster.
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A Falcon 9 rocket carrying a batch of 53 Starlink satellites is now set to lift off from Kennedy Space Center on Friday afternoon.
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Targeting Friday, June 17 for a Falcon 9 launch of 53 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from LC-39A in Florida → https://t.co/FHNtCC2xqJ
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 15, 2022
This is the 12th launch of this particular first-stage booster, having previously launched GPS III-3, Turksat 5A, Transporter-2 and nine Starlink missions.
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After the launch, Falcon 9′s first stage will land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship stationed off the Florida coast.
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The launch window opens at 12:08 p.m. ET.
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You can watch the launch as it happens here and on Channel 9 Eyewitness News at noon.
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