SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink satellites

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink satellites at 7:01 p.m. Friday.

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The backup launch time was 7:51 p.m.

The launch sent the Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

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