SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites into orbit from Florida

SpaceX to launch Starlink satellites from Florida

SpaceX launched a new batch of Starlink satellites into orbit on Thursday night from Florida.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - SpaceX launched a new batch of Starlink satellites into orbit on Thursday night from Florida.

What is being launched?

What we know:

The SpaceX Falcon 9 sent 28 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit.

What's next:

Following stage separation, the first stage successfully landed on the "A Shortfall of Gravitas" droneship, which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

The backstory:

This was the 23rd flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched CRS-24, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F, OneWeb 1, SES-18 and SES-19, and 18 Starlink missions.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the companys Crew Dragon spacecraft lifts off from pad 39A for the Crew-6 mission at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, early on March 2, 2023. - NASAs SpaceX Crew-6 mission is the sixth crew rotat

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