CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – It was a sunrise liftoff for a Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday as SpaceX launched its Starfall Demo mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Tuesday’s launch at 6:53 a.m. marked the 29th flight for the Falcon 9’s first-stage booster, which had missions including Crew-6, SES O3b mPOWER-B, USSF-124, BlueBird 1-5, Nusantara Lima (PSN N5), and 23 Starlink missions.
Following stage separation, the booster landed on SpaceX’s A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.