CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off early Tuesday from the Space Coast.
The rocket took 23 more Starlink internet satellites into low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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The launch marked the 11th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Euclid, Axiom-2, Axiom-3, Cygnus NG-21, SES 24, CRS-30, and four other Starlink missions.
Following stage separation, the first stage landed on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas, which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
This launch followed SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launch on Monday of NASA’s largest planetary spacecraft, Europa Clipper.