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Watch again: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 from Florida carrying Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit

Updated  August 9, 2022 10:38pm EDT
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SpaceX launches Falcon 9 carrying Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida on Tuesday evening, carrying 52 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit. The instantaneous launch at 10:14 p.m. ET, occurred at Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center.

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida on Tuesday evening, carrying 52 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit. The instantaneous launch at 10:14 p.m. ET, occurred at Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. The launch was originally scheduled for earlier in the evening but was delayed due to upper-level winds.

The first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched one Starlink mission and SES-22. Approximately nine minutes after launch, Falcon 9’s first stage returned to Earth, landing on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. It marked the 135th landing of an orbital class rocket.