SpaceX launched 22 additional Starlink internet satellites into orbit early this morning (October 5), in the company’s 70th orbital mission of the year.
The Starlink spacecraft lifted off aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station tonight at 1:36 a.m. EDT (0536 GMT). The rocket was scheduled to launch on Wednesday at 10:45 p.m. EDT (0245 GMT on October 5), but was postponed several hours due to bad weather.
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As for the plan, the Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage returned to Earth for a vertical landing at sea aboard a SpaceX drone ship. Read the instructions about 8.5 minutes after launch.
