WATCH: SpaceX Launches Starlink Satellites from Kennedy Space Center on Thursday
By Space Coast Daily // May 24, 2024
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WATCH: SpaceX Launches Starlink Satellites from Kennedy Space Center on Thursday
BREVARD COUNTY • KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA – SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket on Thursday, May 23, to deliver 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Liftoff occurred at 10:45 p.m ET.
If needed, additional opportunities are also available on Friday, May 24 starting at 6:26 p.m. ET.
This is the 13th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-5, GPS III Space Vehicle 06, Inmarsat I6-F2, CRS-28, Intelsat G-37, NG-20, and six Starlink missions.
Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
