WATCH: SpaceX successfully launches Falcon 9 rocket amid fog
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SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 Starlink satellites.
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Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, completing this booster's thirteenth mission pic.twitter.com/0NDMsHm0Ba
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SpaceX plans to launch its Falcon 9 rocket Monday evening from Cape Canaveral.
The rocket is scheduled to blast off at 6:56 p.m. from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
It will carry 23 Starlink satellites.
This will be the 13th flight for the first stage booster.
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It previously launched the HAKUTO-R Mission 1, Hispasat Amazonas Nexus, CRS-27, and eight Starlink missions.
After stage separation, the first stage will land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
Backup opportunities will be on Tuesday, March 5.
Channel 9 will have coverage of the launch if it happens.
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