SpaceX rocket launch from Cape Canaveral delivers Starlink satellites

In the first hour of Monday, SpaceX launched its own pre-holiday transportation method – a Falcon 9 rocket.

At 12:35 a.m., the rocket lit up the cloudy Florida night sky as it rumbled into orbit. Its delivery – the next batch of SpaceX Starlink internet satellites. This batch included a total of 21 satellites, 13 of which were for the Starlink cellular service. This particular mission was dubbed Starlink 12-2.

Eight and a half minutes after launch, the first stage booster landed on the Just Read the Instructions drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The booster experienced its fourteenth flight, previous missions included: seven Starlink missions, Axiom-2, Axiom-3, CRS-30, SES 24, Cygnus NG-21 and Euclid.

Overall, this was Space Coast’s 91st launch this year.

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SpaceX’s Astranis mission is delayed

After weather delayed the launch of four satellites for Astranis Space Technologies, the launch attempt on Friday, December 20, suffered a rare last-second abort. SpaceX delayed the mission again on Saturday evening and said it would back away from the launch after reviewing the data. SpaceX has not yet announced a new launch date.

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