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SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket early Saturday morning
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket in the early hours of Saturday morning from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Port Canaveral, Florida. The mission was the 91st Falcon 9 launch of the year so far.
PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. - SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket in the early hours of Saturday morning from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Port Canaveral, Florida.
The launch included the latest batch of Starlink satellites.
What was launched?
What we know:
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launched 28 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit.
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The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 4:34 a.m. on Saturday from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The flight came about a day and a half after the internet constellation experienced a global outage for more than two hours.
What's next:
Following stage separation, the first stage landed on the "A Shortfall of Gravitas" droneship, which is stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
The backstory:
This was the 22nd flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-6, SES O3b mPOWER-B, USSF-124, Bluebird 1-5 and 17 Starlink missions.
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The mission was the 91st Falcon 9 launch of the year so far.
The Source: This story was written based on information shared by SpaceX.