SpaceX Launches Communications Satellite on 16th Flight this Year Written 21 February 2024
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the Telkomsat Merah Putih 2 mission to orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, 20 February 2024, at 3:11 p.m. EST. | Credit: SciNews; YouTube Framegrab
CBS News reports that SpaceX is maintaining a rapid-fire launch pace while gearing up to launch four fresh crew members to the International Space Station. Marking the company's 16th launch this year, a SpaceX “Falcon 9 blasted off from launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 3:11 p.m. EST,” Tuesday, “putting a powerful Indonesian communications satellite into orbit.”
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Falcon 9 launches Merah Putih 2 and Falcon 9 first stage landing
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