BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — Another batch of Starlink satellites is in orbit following a rocket launch from our Space Coast.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying those satellites lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 12:07 a.m. Thursday.
The mission sent the 23 Starlinks into low-Earth orbit for the company’s high-speed internet network.
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About 8 minutes later, SpaceX said the rocket’s first-stage booster successfully landed on “Just Read the Instructions,” a droneship located in the Atlantic Ocean.
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