SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket carrying British telecommunications satellite

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — SpaceX launched a communications satellite into orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Friday evening.

Falcon 9’s first stage booster has landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship pic.twitter.com/kniJMZdRUu
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 18, 2023

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Original report:

SpaceX plans to launch the Inmarsat I-6 F2 mission from Space Launch Complex 40.

Officials said the 89-minute launch window will open at 10:59 p.m.

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The first stage booster will be landing on SpaceX’s Just Read The Instructions droneship in the Atlantic Ocean after launch.

T-1 hour until Falcon 9’s launch of @InmarsatGlobal’s I-6 F2 mission from SLC-40 in Florida; the 89-minute launch window opens at 10:59 p.m. ET, and weather is 85% favorable pic.twitter.com/mFE9Q05lBG
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 18, 2023

SpaceX said the first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched Crew-5 and GPS III Space Vehicle 06.

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If SpaceX is unable to launch Friday night, a backup opportunity is available on Saturday around the same time.

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