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SpaceX launches Falcon 9 mission with 20 Starlink satellites (13 DTC) on September 24
On September 24, SpaceX launched a new Falcon 9 mission with a payload including 20 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit. The company carried this mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Liftoff of Falcon 9 under the power of nine Merlin engines pic.twitter.com/CGAwMbE8TH
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 25, 2024
This was the 10th mission for the first stage booster and the flight marked another successful ending for its flight as it landed on a droneship. It previously supported the launch of NASA Crew-7, CRS-29, NROL-186, EearthCARE, Transporter-10, PACE, and four Starlink missions.
Falcon 9’s first stage performs its three engine entry burn pic.twitter.com/rM33Y1QNtV
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 25, 2024
Falcon 9’s first stage booster lands on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship using a single Merlin engine pic.twitter.com/7mWS1efnZh
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 25, 2024
The weather for this launch remains supportive as the company has already rolled out the rocket a day earlier for the liftoff. Simultaneously, it also made another Falcon 9 vertical in Florida to launch a Crew-9 mission.
