SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches from Cape Canaveral with 24 Starlink Satellites Written 22 November 2024
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 24 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral, November 21, 2024. | Credit: Spaceflight Now; YouTube; framegrab
Spaceflight Now reports, “SpaceX completed its fourth Falcon 9 rocket launch since Sunday with a mission carrying the company’s latest batch of Starlink internet satellites. Liftoff of the Starlink 6-66 mission pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened at 11:07 a.m. EST (1607 UTC) on Thursday. Space Force meteorologists gave the rocket a 90 percent chance of good weather ahead of launch, with liftoff winds being the only concern at the launch site.”
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 24 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral, November 21, 2024. (Launch at 1:00:03 mark)
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