Space.com reported the launch as follows. “SpaceX launched 24 of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida on Sunday (Feb. 25), on the company’s 18th mission of 2024.
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 5:06 p.m. EST (2206 GMT). The Falcon 9’s first stage came back to Earth about 8.5 minutes after liftoff. It made a vertical landing on the SpaceX droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas, which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
It was the 13th launch and landing for this particular booster, according to a SpaceX mission description. Eight of its 12 flights to date have been Starlink missions.
The rocket’s upper stage, meanwhile, continued powering its way toward low Earth orbit, deploying the satellites there about 65 minutes after launch.”
Please use the following spaceX.com link for a replay of the launch and description of the mission.
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