KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla — SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying another batch of Starlink satellites into orbit from Kennedy Space Center Tuesday evening.
The launch went off at 9:02 p.m., almost two hours after the previously planned launch window.
Read: SpaceX successfully launches second Falcon 9 rocket of the year
Just over eight minutes later, the rocket’s first stage booster successfully landed back on Earth on the “A Shortfall of Gravitas” drone ship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
Tuesday’s payload included 49 more Starlink Satellites.
Starlink consists of a constellation of satellites intended to help provide broadband internet access across the world.
Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship pic.twitter.com/HxtyPBsvYp
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 19, 2022
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A Falcon 9 rocket carrying a batch of 49 Starlink satellites is now set to lift off from Kennedy Space Center at 7:04 p.m. Tuesday.
The launch had originally been scheduled for Monday evening but officials decided to move the launch to Tuesday due to “more favorable weather conditions for liftoff and booster recovery”.
>>> WATCH THE LAUNCH HERE <<<
On Thursday morning, a Falcon 9 rocket carrying small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
With more favorable weather conditions for liftoff and booster recovery, now targeting Tuesday, January 18 at 7:04 p.m. ET for Falcon 9’s launch of Starlink satellites → https://t.co/bJFjLCzWdK
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 17, 2022
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This will be the ninth launch and landing of this Falcon 9 booster and the third launch of 2022.
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