CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket for a second time Monday from Florida’s Space Coast.
The rocket lifted off at 8:48 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This comes after SpaceX sent a Falcon 9 rocket for the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-32) mission to the International Space Station.
On board the Falcon 9 for Monday night’s mission are several payloads, including ADD’s 425Sat-3, Tomorrow Companies Inc.’s Tomorrow-S7, and Atmos Space Cargo’s PHOENIX re-entry capsule.
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The launch marks the third flight of the first stage booster supporting the mission, which has previously launched O3b mPOWER-E and Crew-10. After stage separation, the first stage booster will land at Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
With SpaceX’s reusable rockets on the Space Coast, single or even double sonic booms can be heard as the commercial company lands part of its rockets, called boosters, back at Cape Canaveral.