SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites

SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites
by Ehren Wynder
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 15, 2024

SpaceX launched 23 Starlink satellites into orbit Friday evening from Florida.

The space travel contractor's Falcon 9 rocket carrying the payload of satellites took off at 8:21 p.m. ET from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Following separation approximately two minutes into launch, the first-stage booster landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship in the Atlantic Ocean at 8:29 p.m.

This was the 19th flight for the Falcon 9's first-stage booster, which previously launched 11 other Starlink missions.

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