SpaceX launches back-to-back Starlink satellite missions (photos, videos)

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SpaceX launches back-to-back Starlink satellite missions (photos, videos)


SpaceX has regained its stride after a failure earlier this month.

The company launched two missions on Sunday morning (July 28), lofting batches of its Starlink internet satellites from both coasts atop Falcon 9 rockets less than five hours apart. 

The two liftoffs came about 24 hours after a Saturday morning (July 27) Falcon 9 launch, which was the vehicle’s return-to-flight mission after a July 11 failure.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida on July 28, 2024. (Image credit: SpaceX)

Sunday’s first launch occurred at 1:09 a.m. EDT (0509), when a Falcon 9 topped with 23 Starlink satellites lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. It was the 14th mission for this Falcon 9 first stage and the 300th reflight of a SpaceX booster overall, the company wrote in an X post on Sunday morning. 

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