SpaceX launch from Florida’s Space Coast to be followed by another 1 day later Launches scheduled at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Kennedy Space Center
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – After a successful launch from the Space Coast on Friday, SpaceX is attempting another one on Saturday.
The first of the launches took place at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 5:48 p.m. Friday.
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The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried the first two O3b mPOWER broadband internet satellites into medium-Earth orbit for SES of Luxembourg .
The second launch, set for 4:32 p.m. on Saturday , is a Starlink mission launching from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A. The launch was delayed from its original schedule on Friday, which would have been minutes apart from the Cape Canaveral launch time.
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