BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — Another batch of Starlink satellites has been sent into orbit.
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The satellites were aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that launched Monday night from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The rocket lifted off at 11:01 p.m.
Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/Lz6uSjTOOx
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 19, 2023
High winds scrubbed a launch attempt last week.
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The 23 Starlink satellites will help widen the company’s global high-speed internet network.
Falcon 9 launches 23 @Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida pic.twitter.com/SwUJl3yrL2
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 19, 2023
Eight minutes after liftoff, the first-stage booster made a perfect landing on droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas, which was waiting in the Atlantic Ocean, east of The Bahamas.
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Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship pic.twitter.com/pIK2hlkf2Q
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 19, 2023
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