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SpaceX launches Falcon 9 with Starlink mission Friday morning: Watch replay

By FOX 35 News Staff
Updated  April 5, 2024 5:51am EDT
Brevard County
FOX 35 Orlando

SpaceX launches early morning Starlink mission

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.

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. 

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. 

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