SpaceX launches Falcon 9 with Starlink mission Friday morning: Watch replay
CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, Fla. - SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket early Friday, deploying 23 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit.
The launch took place at the Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, with liftoff at 5:12 a.m. ET.
Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/xqlmWIs17E
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 5, 2024
This marks the 14th flight for the first-stage booster supporting the mission, which was previously employed in launches such as CRS-24, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F, OneWeb 1, SES-18, and SES-19, and nine Starlink missions.
275th landing of a Falcon 9 rocket complete as the first stage safely lands on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship pic.twitter.com/wKMOGSQiYY
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 5, 2024
Following stage separation, the first stage landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
