SpaceX Successfully Launches 23 Starlink Satellites After Multiple Delays
The launch from Kennedy Space Center marks the 17th flight for the first-stage booster, which landed safely on a drone ship.
- SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 6:38 a.m. EDT, deploying 23 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit.
- A previous launch attempt was scrubbed just 46 seconds before liftoff due to unspecified reasons.
- The first-stage booster completed its 17th flight and landed on the drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas.
- SpaceX also launched a Falcon 9 with two communication satellites for Norway's Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission from California.
- This marks the 77th launch by SpaceX of its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets from Florida and California this year.
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