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SpaceX recently launched 23 additional Starlink internet satellites into space last Sunday, Jan. 7. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink spacecraft blasted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 5:35 p.m. EST (2235 GMT).
To plan, the Falcon 9’s first stage came back to Earth about 8.5 minutes after liftoff, touching down on the drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas, which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast.
It was the 16th launch and landing for this particular booster, according to a SpaceX mission description.
The Falcon 9’s upper stage continued hauling the 23 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit, deploying them about 65.5 minutes after liftoff.
This was the third orbital launch of 2024 for SpaceX. And there will be many more to come; SpaceX representatives have said the company aims to launch 144 missions this year, which would smash its record of 98, set in 2023.
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