SpaceX launches 1st of 2 planned Starlink missions

Katlyn Brieskorn

April 5, 2024 at 5:03 AM·1 min read

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — SpaceX launched the first of two planned Starlink missions early Friday.

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 Starlink satellites lifted off at 5:12 a.m. from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Hours later, the company plans to launch 21 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

The launch is scheduled to happen at 10:31 p.m. ET, with a backup opportunity available at 2:25 a.m. Saturday.

You can watch the launches in the player above.

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