Nov. 12 (UPI) — SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket successfully Sunday afternoon carrying communication satellites for a Luxembourg-based internet company.
The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 4:08 p.m. from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Florida’s east coast, taking Boeing-built O3b mPOWER satellites to medium-Earth orbit for SES.
Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/7xuJd88TOZ— SpaceX (@SpaceX) November 12, 2023
About 8-1/2 minutes after lift-off, Falcon 9’s first-stage booster landed aboard a barge, known as “A Shortfall of Gravitas,” in the Atlantic Ocean. The mission marked the ninth flight of the first-stage boosters, which previously launched CRS-26, Starlink and others. The rocket’s upper stage will not be recovered, which is normal for Falcon 9 flights, Space.com reported.
Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship pic.twitter.com/KFOZ8ka6uc— SpaceX (@SpaceX) November 12, 2023
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