WATCH IT AGAIN: SpaceX launches another batch of Starlink satellites from Florida coast

Launch set from Kennedy Space Center

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink satellites Saturday evening from Kennedy Space Center.

The launch happened at 11:09 p.m.

Twenty-three satellites were launched atop SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket.

While the launch was originally scheduled for Friday evening, SpaceX later announced that the launch attempt would be pushed to the weekend.

There was an 80% chance of favorable launch conditions, according to the forecast from the 45th Weather Squadron, with cloud coverage and high winds as the primary concerns.

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This launch comes after NASA and SpaceX launched a resupply mission Thursday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

The mission, known as Commercial Resupply Services-30 or CRS-30, sent a SpaceX Dragon capsule to the space station, delivering 6,000 pounds of new science investigations, food, supplies and equipment.

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