WATCH: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lights up night sky before launching Starlink satellites into orbit
Another batch of Starlink satellites is in orbit following an early-morning rocket launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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SpaceX sent a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 40 at 3:10 a.m. Monday.
See the Falcon 9′s liftoff below
The 52 Starlink satellites were later released over the western Pacific Ocean.
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Falcon 9 launches 52 @Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida pic.twitter.com/5O54cXO8qv
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 12, 2023
SpaceX confirmed that 8 minutes after liftoff, the first stage of the booster landed on the droneship “Just Read the Instructions,” stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship pic.twitter.com/ttm6F0auDU
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 12, 2023
The launch marked the 20th Starlink mission for SpaceX in 2023.
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The company has also scheduled a launch for Monday afternoon from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
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