Space.com reported the launch and mission as follows, “SpaceX launched 22 of its Starlink internet satellites toward orbit tonight (Aug. 31) and brought the rocket back for a landing at sea.
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station tonight at 10:21 p.m. EDT (0221 GMT on Sept. 1).
The Falcon 9’s first stage came back to Earth as planned, touching down about 8.5 minutes after liftoff on the SpaceX drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas, which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.”
Please use the following spaceX.com link for a replay of the launch .
You can find out if Starlink is available at your home by registering at this website…
(Please know these links will take you to external websites.)
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