SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches 21 More Starlink Satellites from Kennedy Space Center Written 9 January 2025
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SpaceX Falcon 9 launches 21 Starlink satellites from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 10:27 a.m. EST, January 8. | Credit: Spaceflight Now; YouTube; framegrab
Spaceflight Now reports, “SpaceX kicked off Wednesday with the launch of a batch of 21 Starlink satellites, heading to low Earth orbit. Among those were 13 satellites equipped to provide text and data cellphone service. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center happened at 10:27 a.m. EST (1527 UTC).”
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SpaceX Falcon 9 launches 21 more Starlink satellites from Kennedy Space Center (Launch at 01:00:56 mark)
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