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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, for illustration nan 1 shown present launching connected March 30, carried 23 Starlink satellites into orbit Friday. File Photo by Joe Marino/UPI | License Photo
April 5 (UPI) -- SpaceX launched a payload of 23 Starlink satellites Friday atop a Falcon 9 booster from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Complex.
The spacecraft launched astatine 5:12 a.m. EDT pinch nan first shape booster rocket separating soon aft liftoff and landing connected nan drone vessel A Shortfall of Gravitas successful nan Atlantic Ocean soon afterward.
SpaceX confirmed that nan Starlink 6-47 ngo successfully deployed its payload.
"Deployment of 23 Starlink satellites confirmed," SpaceX posted to X astatine 6:18 a.m. Friday.
The Falcon 9 booster that carried nan Starlink 6-47 ngo flew connected 13 erstwhile launches.
A 2nd Starlink mission is scheduled to motorboat from Vandenberg Space Force Base successful California astatine 10:31 p.m. EST Wednesday from Launch Complex 4 East astatine Vandenberg Space Force Base successful California.
If nan 10:31 p.m. motorboat model needs to beryllium scrubbed a 2nd launch window is group for 2:25 a.m. EDT Saturday.
Another SpaceX launch, dubbed Bandwagon 1, is scheduled to return spot Sunday astatine Florida's Kennedy Space Center.
Saturday's ngo will transportation respective satellites into orbit, including Capella Space Corp's Acadia-4 outer connected a alleged "ride-share" mission, which will spot satellites successful mid-inclination orbits and Sun Synchronous Orbit.
