SpaceX launching 20 Starlink internet satellites from Florida tonight
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- Oct 18, 2024
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SpaceX sent yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit tonight (Oct. 18).
A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 20 Starlink craft, including 13 with direct-to-cell capability, lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station tonight at 7:31 p.m. EDT (2331 GMT).
The Falcon 9's first stage came back to Earth about 8.5 minutes after liftoff as planned, landing on the SpaceX drone ship "Just Read the Instructions" in the Atlantic Ocean.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 20 of the company's Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Oct. 18, 2024.
(Image credit: SpaceX via X)
It was the 17th launch and landing for this particular booster, according to a SpaceX mission description.
The Falcon 9's upper stage, meanwhile, continued hauling the Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit. It will deploy them there about 64 minutes after liftoff, if all goes to plan.
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