WATCH: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — SpaceX says it has successfully launched another rocket from Florida’s Space Coast.

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The Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 5:12 a.m. Friday.

WATCH: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral (SpaceX)

The rocket will send 23 new Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit.

The satellites will help increase internet service around the globe.

Falcon 9 launches 23 @Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida pic.twitter.com/M2r9hBf8Kv
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 5, 2024

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SpaceX confirmed that shortly after the launch, the rocket’s first stage booster landed on its droneship “A Shortfall of Gravitias” in the Atlantic Ocean.

275th landing of a Falcon 9 rocket complete as the first stage safely lands on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship pic.twitter.com/wKMOGSQiYY
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 5, 2024