SpaceX launched 23 Starlink satellites into space on a Falcon 9 rocket on Monday, August 12. The mission blasted off at 6:37 AM EDT (1037 GMT) after SpaceX aborted the launch in the final minute of the countdown on Sunday (August 12). 11)
The Falcon 9 rocket, topped with 23 Starlink spacecraft, lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday during a 3.5-hour window at 7:21 a.m. EDT (1121 GMT).
SpaceX pushed the effort to the end of the window, then called off the effort with 46 seconds left on the countdown. The company did not immediately give a reason for the abortion, but Said by X Rocket is in good health which means he is “good to go” on Monday.
After a successful launch and separation, the Falcon 9 returned to Earth about eight minutes after the first stage blastoff, touching down the drone shortfall of Gravitas, which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
It was the 17th launch and landing for this particular booster. According to SpaceX.
Falcon 9’s upper stage then began placing the 23 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit, an estimated 64 minutes after launch.
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Sunday’s planned launch is part of SpaceX’s busy weekend. The company launched 21 Starlink satellites Saturday morning (Aug. 10) from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station next to KSC.
Another Falcon 9 lifted off two satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission Sunday evening. The ASBM is designed to provide protection in the Arctic for the US Space Force and the state-owned company Space Norway.
Editor’s note: This story was updated on August 12 at 07:06 AM ET with news of a successful launch.
