WATCH IT AGAIN: SpaceX launches latest Starlink mission from Florida 46th SpaceX launch for the year
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX executed a midnight launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from the Space Coast.
The rocket launched at 11:58 p.m. Sunday from Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The Falcon 9 carried another batch of Starlink mini-internet satellites into orbit.
The rocket’s first-stage booster is expected to land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
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SpaceX has a goal of launching 100 missions this year. It needs a little over 50 more launches to make that goal. This was the 46th launch for the year.
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