SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites, lands rocket at sea (video)
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- Sep 20, 2024
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SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink satellites to orbit today (Sept. 20).
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 20 Starlink craft lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on California's foggy central coast today at 9:50 a.m. EDT (1350 GMT and 6:50 a.m. local California time).
The Falcon 9's first stage came back to Earth as planned, landing on the SpaceX drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You" in the Pacific Ocean about eight minutes after launch.
The first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket comes down for a landing on a ship at sea on Sept. 20, 2024 (left) while the rocket's upper stage carries 20 Starlink internet satellites to orbit (right).
(Image credit: SpaceX)
It was the 13th launch and landing for this particular booster, according to a SpaceX mission description. Ten of those flights have been Starlink missions.
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