SpaceX Falcon 9 launches 23 Starlink satellites to orbit (July 28, 2024)

On July 28, 2024, SpaceX launched 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit using the Falcon 9 rocket. This is one of the two missions the company aims to liftoff tonight.

Falcon 9 carried this mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The weather was clear and the flight director gave the flight a go.

After stage separation, the mission control returned the booster stage to a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean. While approaching, the first stage performed a landing burn and deployed landing legs.

This was the 14th flight for the first-stage booster and it previously supported Crew-5, GPS II Space Vehicle 06, Inmarsat 16-F2, CRS-28, Intelsat G-37, NG-20, and seven Starlink launches.

The company will confirm satellite deployment around an hour in the mission time.

(source – SpaceX)