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Watch: SpaceX completes successful launch with another batch of Starlink satellites

Watch: SpaceX completes 100th launch with another batch of Starlink satellites The Falcon 9, carrying 58 Starlink satellites and three Planet Labs spacecraft, lifted off just after 10:30 a.m. from launchpad 39-A.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink satellites Tuesday.

The Falcon 9, carrying 58 Starlink satellites and three Planet Labs spacecraft, lifted off just after 10:30 a.m. from launchpad 39-A.

The Falcon 9 booster supporting this mission previously launched Telstar 18 Vantage and Iridium-8 satellites, and three separate Starlink flights.

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This marks the company’s 95th launch and is also the sixth time this particular Falcon 9 first stage has been used.

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The launch is part of SpaceX’s ongoing mission to deploy the world’s most advanced broadband internet system.

Katlyn Brieskorn

Katlyn Brieskorn, WFTV.com

Katlyn Brieskorn is a Digital Assignment Editor at WFTV. She joined Channel 9 in July 2019.

Matt Reeser

Matt Reeser, WFTV.com

Matt Reeser joined WFTV in 1998 as a news photographer and has worked for television stations in Kentucky and West Virginia.

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