SpaceX sends 23 Starlink satellites into orbit atop Falcon 9 rocket

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - SpaceX launched additional Starlink satellites into low-earth orbit on Thursday. The Falcon 9 rocket launch was scheduled for 6:40 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

This was the seventh flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which had previously launched ESA Euclid, Ax-2, Ax-3, CRS-30, and two Starlink missions.

Following stage separation, the first stage was planned to land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.