WATCH: SpaceX to launches 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Florida

Kaycee Sloan

April 23, 2024 at 5:46 PM

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit Tuesday from the Cape Canaveral Space Station in Florida.

The private space flight company said the first-stage booster supporting this mission previously launched Crew-6, SES O3b mPOWER, USSF-124, and five Starlink missions. It is the stage booster’s ninth flight.

Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship station in the Atlantic Ocean.

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