SpaceX on Sunday launched a total of 46 Starlink satellites into orbit in back-to-back launches in Florida and California.
Against the backdrop of broken clouds and Florida swampland at dusk, SpaceX launched 23 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, the latest in a series of Falcon 9 launches.
The engines roared to life and sent the rocket off the launch pad at 7:05 p.m. EDT, burning about 700,000 gallons of kerosene per second.
This was the 11th flight for the first stage booster which previously launched Crew-5, GPS III Space Vehicle 06, Inmarsat I6-F2, CRS-28, Intelsat G-37, NG-20, and four Starlink missions.
Following the booster rocket’s separation, it landed on the drone ship “Just Read the Instructions,” stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
The rocket entered low-Earth orbit about 65 minutes after launch, where it deployed the internet satellites.
