BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – After a scrub the day before, SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Brevard County on Tuesday night.
The space agency said it sent 23 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Liftoff was planned for 11:58 p.m. Monday, but the countdown was put on hold just a couple minutes prior and then scrubbed.
Instead, the rocket ultimately launched on Tuesday at 11:18 p.m.
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SpaceX said this is the first flight for the first-stage booster supporting this mission.
Following stage separation, the first stage was set to land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.