CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX finally launched a telecommunications satellite from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday evening.
After several delays, Wednesday’s launch attempt was ultimately scrubbed due to weather interference. SpaceX did not state a reason for Wednesday’s scrub, however.
Instead, SpaceX managed to launch the Falcon 9 rocket at 9:56 p.m. Thursday.
The mission deployed an Indonesian telecommunications satellite in geosynchronous transfer orbit. The satellite, built by Boeing, will operate for Indonesia’s first satellite-based private telecommunications company.
This is the 23rd flight for the first-stage booster supporting the mission, which previously supported Crew-6, SES O3b mPOWER-b, USSF-124, BlueBird 1-5, and 18 Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage was slated to land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
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