
SpaceX launched 22 more of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit on Friday (Sept. 8) and landed the returning rocket on a ship at sea.
After a quick check showed that conditions are currently "no go" for launch at 07:56 p.m. EDT due to lightning and rain, the teams had two other opportunities for lift-off throughout the night's nearly four-hour launch window at 11:12 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. EDT.
A Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida this Friday (Sept. 8) at 11:12 p.m. EDT. Flying along a southeastern trajectory, the Falcon 9's first stage came back to Earth for a landing about 8.5 minutes after lift-off tonight, touching down on the SpaceX droneship, A Shortfall of Gravitas, which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
t was the seventh launch and landing for this particular booster, according to a SpaceX mission description. The 22 Starlink satellites are scheduled to deploy from the Falcon 9's upper stage about 65 minutes after launch.
This launch is the 63rd of 2023 for SpaceX, extending the company's record for a single year. The previous mark, 61, was set in 2022. More than half of this year's lift-offs have been dedicated to building out Starlink, SpaceX's internet mega-constellation, which currently consists of more than 4,600 operational satellites.
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Credits : Florida Today
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