Starlink 6-62 mission sees 23 more satellites sent to orbit – News 13 Orlando

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CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket sent up its Starlink 6-62 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station late Wedesnday.

The launch did not see any delays, going up when the window began at 10:35 p.m. ET.

The 45th Weather Squadron gave a95% chance of good liftoff conditions, with the only concerns being the cumulus cloud rule.

This ismission eight for the Falcon 9's first-stage booster B1080. And some of the seven missions it has done are quite impressive.

After the stage separation, the first-stage rocket will on the droneshipA Shortfall of Gravitasthat will be in the Atlantic Ocean.

The 23 satellites will be heading to low-Earth orbit to join the thousands already there.

Dr. Jonathan McDowell, of Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, tracks Starlink satellites.

Before this launch,McDowell recorded the following:

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