BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — Another rocket lit up our Space Coast overnight.
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SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center at 1:01 a.m. Friday.
The rocket deployed 23 new Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit.
Click below the watch the launch:
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The satellites will help to expand the company’s internet network.
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SpaceX confirmed that Falcon 9′s booster landed on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean 8 minutes after liftoff.
Falcon 9 lands on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship pic.twitter.com/Y94VJh9FKr
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 2, 2024
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