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SpaceX double-header rocket launches from Florida are successful

SpaceX double-header rocket launches from Florida are successful
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SpaceX double-header rocket launches from Florida are successful
SpaceX is planning for a double-header of rocket launches from Florida's Space Coast Saturday.First up was the EUTELSAT 36D mission which lifted off at 5:52 p.m. from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. The Falcon 9 rocket sent the satellite to a geosynchronous orbit. SpaceX successfully landed the first-stage booster on a drone ship after separation from the rocket's upper stages.The EUTELSAT 36D satellite successfully deployed about 34 minutes after launch. It will provide hundreds of TV channels and connectivity services to areas in Africa and Eurasia, according to the Eutelsat Group.Watch the full EUTELSAT 36D satellite launch coverage below:The second Falcon 9 rocket launch of the night sent up a number of Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff for the Starlink Group 6-45 mission happened at 9:30 p.m.The first-stage booster successfully landed on a ship in the Atlantic several minutes after liftoff.The Falcon 9 first-stage booster that supported this Starlink launch from Florida has previously flown 17 flights including Crew-3 and Crew-4.According to SpaceX, this flight marked the 260th reflight of a Falcon 9 booster after the first reuse of a booster in March 2017.A third SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was set to liftoff from the West Coast at 10:30 p.m. Eastern Time, but unfavorable weather caused a scrub. That rocket is carrying another set of Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

SpaceX is planning for a double-header of rocket launches from Florida's Space Coast Saturday.

First up was the EUTELSAT 36D mission which lifted off at 5:52 p.m. from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. The Falcon 9 rocket sent the satellite to a geosynchronous orbit. SpaceX successfully landed the first-stage booster on a drone ship after separation from the rocket's upper stages.

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The EUTELSAT 36D satellite successfully deployed about 34 minutes after launch. It will provide hundreds of TV channels and connectivity services to areas in Africa and Eurasia, according to the Eutelsat Group.

Watch the full EUTELSAT 36D satellite launch coverage below:

The second Falcon 9 rocket launch of the night sent up a number of Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff for the Starlink Group 6-45 mission happened at 9:30 p.m.

The first-stage booster successfully landed on a ship in the Atlantic several minutes after liftoff.

The Falcon 9 first-stage booster that supported this Starlink launch from Florida has previously flown 17 flights including Crew-3 and Crew-4.

According to SpaceX, this flight marked the 260th reflight of a Falcon 9 booster after the first reuse of a booster in March 2017.

A third SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was set to liftoff from the West Coast at 10:30 p.m. Eastern Time, but unfavorable weather caused a scrub. That rocket is carrying another set of Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.