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16 hours ago
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SpaceX launches 23 more Starlink satellites from Florida (video)
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. SpaceX sent another batch of its Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit from Florida early Tuesday morning (June 3). Twenty three (23) of the broadband internet units, including 13 with direct-to-cell capabilities, rode atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on a nine-minute trip into space. Liftoff occurred at 12:23 a.m. EDT (0423 GMT). The satellites were set to be released into orbit about an hour later. As to plan, the Falcon 9 rocket's first stage was jettisoned and returned to a landing on "Just Read the Instructions," a droneship positioned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida. This was the 21st flight for the first stage, including 13 prior Starlink missions, according to a flight summary on SpaceX's website. Monday's launch followed a similar mission from Vandenberg Space Force Station in southern California on Saturday. That flight deployed 27 Starlink satellites. The active Starlink constellation is now more than 7,600 satellites strong, according to tracker and astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell, making it the largest space-based communications network in history. SpaceX launched about one thousand more of the satellites, which as of today are no longer in service.
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2 days ago
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SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit
June 3 (UPI) -- SpaceX early Tuesday launched a Falcon 9 rocket loaded with a batch of Starlink satellites into space from the East Coast. The rocket launched at 12:43 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The mission was to put a batch of 23 Starlink satellites, 13 of which have direct-to-cell capabilities, into low-Earth orbit, where they will join the ever-growing constellation of thousands of orbitals that together offer high-speed, low-latency Internet across the globe. The first-stage booster, on its 21st flight, safely returned to Earth and landed upon the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which was awaiting it in the Atlantic Ocean.
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2 days ago
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SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit
June 3 (UPI) -- SpaceX early Tuesday launched a Falcon 9 rocket loaded with a batch of Starlink satellites into space from the East Coast. The rocket launched at 12:43 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The mission was to put a batch of 23 Starlink satellites, 13 of which have direct-to-cell capabilities, into low-Earth orbit, where they will join the ever-growing constellation of thousands of orbitals that together offer high-speed, low-latency Internet across the globe. The first-stage booster, on its 21st flight, safely returned to Earth and landed upon the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which was awaiting it in the Atlantic Ocean.
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6 days ago
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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Kennedy Space Center, Florida early Wednesday
A SpaceX rocket took to the Florida sky during the bright, early hours of Wednesday, May 28. The Space Force's 45th Weather Squadron predicted an 85% chance of favorable weather during the early window, and just as predicted, skies were clear and a heat index of 91 degrees was felt. The rocket took off right on time at 9:30 a.m. from Kennedy Space Center's Pad 39A. Upon liftoff, it turned and headed on a northeast trajectory. The payload was the latest batch of SpaceX Starlink internet satellites, which provide internet in some of the most remote places on Earth. No Space Coast sonic booms were heard, as eight-and-a-half minutes after launch, the rocket's first stage — also known as the booster — landed on the Just Read the Instructions drone ship, which was stationed out on the Atlantic Ocean. It was the 19th flight for the Falcon 9 first stage. Previous missions include: 12 previous Starlink missions, Axiom's Ax-2, Euclid, Axiom's Ax-3, CRS-30, SES ASTRA 1P, and NG-21. When is the next Florida launch? Is there a launch today? Upcoming SpaceX, Axiom, ULA rocket launch schedule at Cape Canaveral The next rocket launch from Florida is set to take place between 1:23 p.m. and 2:08 p.m on Friday, May 30. The launch will be from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 40, and see a SpaceX rocket deliver a Lockheed Martin-built GPS III satellite for the Space Force's Space Systems Command. The FLORIDA TODAY Space Team will provide live updates beginning 90 minutes prior to liftoff at Brooke Edwards is a Space Reporter for Florida Today. Contact her at bedwards@ or on X: @brookeofstars. This article originally appeared on Florida Today: SpaceX rocket launch from Florida delivers Starlink satellites Wednesday
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7 days ago
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SpaceX gets back to work with Falcon 9 launch from Kennedy Space Center
ORLANDO, Fla. — The day after losing another Starship during a test launch, SpaceX was back to its normal routine with a Falcon 9 launch from the Space Coast on Wednesday. The workhorse rocket sent up another 27 Starlink satellites from Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39-A at 9:30 a.m. The first-stage booster made its 19th flight with a recovery landing downrange on the droneship Just Read the Instructions stationed in the Atlantic. The launch was the 45th from the Space Coast in 2025 with all but two coming from SpaceX. Including California launches, SpaceX has now flown 64 Falcon 9s so far this year, surpassing the total flown in 2022. It flew 96 operational missions in 2023 and 134 in 2024, which includes Falcon Heavy missions, although no Falcon Heavy mission have flown so far in 2025. Overall it was the 481st Falcon 9 launch and 420th reflight of a Falcon booster. The recovery landing marked the 453rd booster landing since the first in 2015. Falcon 9 and the larger Falcon Heavy rockets remain the reliable rocket choices for SpaceX as it continues to develop the Starship and Super Heavy that flies for now from the company's test launch site in Texas. The ninth suborbital test flight launched Tuesday using a previously flown booster for the first time. While the upper stage Starship managed to survive longer than the previous two test flights, which both disintegrated while flying just south of Florida on missions flown in January and March, SpaceX still lost contact with this mission's Starship after losing control on its way to the Indian Ocean. The company plans to launch from two sites on the Space Coast once it becomes operational. ________
