SpaceX sends another batch of Internet satellites aloft
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- Apr 28, 2024
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By Mark Moran
1 of 2 | The reusable booster rocket 1076 (L) descends back to Earth after launching a Falcon 9 rocket (R) from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Sunday. Image courtesy of SpaceX
April 28 (UPI) --
Using million pounds of liquid propellant, SpaceX launched its latest batch of Starlink communication satellites into low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Sunday evening.
Its job done, the first-stage booster descended while being guided by short rocket bursts and then landed precisely in the middle of drone ship Just Read the Instructions, stationed in the Atlantic 8 1/2 minutes after launch.
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"Thirteen times up. 13 times down," a live SpaceX commentator said of the rocket booster 1076 on the 13th time that reusable booster has sent a Falcon 9 to space.
This was the 43rd launch of a Falcon 9 rocket in 2024 and the mission, called Starlink 6-54, was the 29th launch of Starlink satellites this year.
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