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SpaceX rockets Starlink satellites into orbit from Florida

Falcon 9 rocket launches at Cape Canaveral

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.SpaceX on Thursday sent another batch of Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit.

A Falcon 9 rocket with 29 internet satellites launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The launch window runs from 5:01 p.m. to 5:59 p.m.

This will be the 16th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-8, Polaris Dawn, CRS-31, Astranis: From One to Many, IM-2, Commercial GTO-1, and nine Starlink missions.

Following stage separation, the first stage landed successfully on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

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