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Falcon 9 launches 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral
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Falcon 9 launches 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral

(John Raoux, Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida. – Clear skies, watching the Falcon 9 launch today was perfect.

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Watch the replay here.

The Falcon 9 was equipped with 23 Starlink satellites for low Earth orbit.

According to the 45th Weather Squadronthere was a 10% chance that the launch could have been canceled.

This was the 14th flight of the first stage booster supporting this mission, which had previously launched mPOWER-B, BlueBird-1, Crew-6, USSF-124 and nine Starlink missions. After stage separation, the first stage will land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas drone, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.


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