SpaceX launches Starlink satellite from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
WE ARE JUST MOMENTS AWAY FROM A SPACEX FALCON NINE ROCKET LAUNCH OVER ON THE COAST. ABSOLUTELY. YOU SEE THE COUNTDOWN RIGHT THERE? ABOUT NINE SECONDS LEFT. LET’S GO AHEAD AND LISTEN IN. WHEN THIS ROCKET TAKES OFF, IT WILL TAKE SOME STARTLING SATELLITES INTO ORBIT. THERE WE GO. TWO ONE. LIFTOFF. VEHICLES PITCHING DOWNRANGE. STAGE ONE CHAMBER PRESSURE IS NOMINAL. POWER AND TELEMETRY ARE NOMINAL. VEHICLE SUPERSONIC. MAX Q. ALL RIGHT. YOU’VE BEEN WATCHING THE SPACEX FALCON NINE LAUNCH OVER ON THE COAST. AS AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, SINCE WE DO THIS ALL THE TIME, THAT IS CARRYING 23 STARLINK INTERNET SATELLITES INTO LOW EARTH ORBIT. AND AS YOU PROBABLY ALSO KNOW, THAT ROCKET’S FIRST STAGE BOOSTER IS GOING TO LAND ON A DRONE SHIP OUT IN THE ATLANTIC. IT’S GOING TO HAPPEN ABOUT 8.5 MINUTES AFTER LIFTOFF. AND THIS IS A DOUBLE HEADER FOR US BECAUSE WE
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Another batch of SpaceX Starlink satellites launched to low-Earth orbit on Thursday night.The Falcon 9 rocket liftoffed at 10:45 p.m. from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.SpaceX said this was the 13th flight for the first stage booster launching this mission, which includes six other Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the booster landed on a drone ship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. This launch came just one day after SpaceX launched 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday night. RELATED: NASA announces new launch date for Starliner’s first crewed mission following multiple delaysWatch the launch below
MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. —
Another batch of SpaceX Starlink satellites launched to low-Earth orbit on Thursday night.
The Falcon 9 rocket liftoffed at 10:45 p.m. from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
SpaceX said this was the 13th flight for the first stage booster launching this mission, which includes six other Starlink missions.
Following stage separation, the booster landed on a drone ship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
This launch came just one day after SpaceX launched 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday night.
RELATED: NASA announces new launch date for Starliner’s first crewed mission following multiple delays
Watch the launch below