Nov. 18 (UPI) — SpaceX on Tuesday night launched another batch of Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit from Florida’s eastern coast.
The Falcon 9 rocket topped with 29 of the orbiters launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 7:12 p.m. EST Tuesday. It was the 99th orbital rocket launch from the spacesport this year.
About 8 minutes, 25 seconds into the launch, the first stage booster, on its 12th flight, returned to Earth and landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which was awaiting its return in the Atlantic Ocean.
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SpaceX later confirmed on X that the mission’s 29 satellites had been deployed.
The orbiters are to join a constellation of thousands, which provide high-speed, low-latency Internet service across the globe.
The launch comes two days after a Falcon 9 rocket launched NASA’s ocean-observing Sentinel-6B satellite into space. That mission marked the 500th overall Falcon rocket mission.