SpaceX launches rocket on Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral, Florida Friday morning

A bright and cold Friday morning saw a SpaceX rocket lift off on the latest Starlink mission.

At 10:19 a.m., the rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40. The Falcon 9 was carrying 23 Starlink internet satellites, 13 which included direct to cell capabilities, as it rumbled on a southeast trajectory.

Eight and a half minutes after the liftoff, the first-stage of the rocket landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas drone ship which was waiting out on the Atlantic Ocean.

It was the 21st landing of this particular first-stage. Previous missions it flew include: 11 Starlink missions, CRS-26, OneWeb Launch 16, Intelsat IS-40e, O3b mPOWER, Ovzon 3, Eutelsat 36D, Turksat 6A, Maxar 2, and SXM-9.

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Next SpaceX launch from Cape Canaveral

The next launch is currently set for 7:17 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 26 from Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A. The SpaceX Falcon 9 launch will send off Intuitive Machines’ second lunar lander − a follow up mission after first mission saw a successful soft landing last year, but tipped over shortly afterward.

FLORIDA TODAY will provide coverage of the mission at FloridayToday.com/Space.

Brooke Edwards is a Space Reporter for Florida Today. Contact her at bedwards@floridatoday.com or on X: @brookeofstars.

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