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SpaceX Starlink mission set for liftoff from Florida

Falcon 9 rocket to take off from Cape Canaveral

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with Starlink satellites on board. (File) (SpaceX)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.SpaceX on Tuesday will launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Space Coast, sending more internet satellites into space.

The launch is scheduled to take place from 3:56 p.m. to 7:56 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

The Falcon 9 will send 29 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit.

The launch will be the 10th flight for the first-stage booster supporting the mission.

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The booster previously launched NROL-69, CRS-32, GPS III-7, USSF-36 and five Starlink missions.

Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship in the Atlantic Ocean.

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The launch will be livestreamed at the very top of this story.


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