Kicking off its 80th orbital flight of the year, SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
On the eve of midnight, SpaceX launched the first of two scheduled Falcon 9 launches in less than 48 hours, launching 23 Starlink satellites. Pad 40 was lifted off at 12:05 a.m. EST (0505 UTC). The weather for the planned launch of 23 more satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink internet service was almost ideal. On Monday,…