SpaceX Falcon 9 Makes Rare Leap Day Launch Written 1 March 2024
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Leap Day, Feb. 29, 2024. | Credit: VideoFromSpace; YouTube Framegrab
Spaceflight Now reports that at 10:30 a.m. EST Thursday, SpaceX launched 23 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The Starlink 6-40 mission marked a rare Leap Day launch from the Cape, as it “was just the fourth time in history that an orbital launch took place on Feb. 29.”
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SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on Leap Day
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