SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lights up Cape Canaveral sky for second night in a row

After returning to flight less than 24-hours prior, SpaceX launched yet another batch of Starlink internet satellites from the Space Coast.

After being delayed twice, the Falcon 9 rocket finally leaped off the launch pad at 1:09 a.m. Sunday.

Having two launch pads from which the company can launch its Falcon 9 ? Kennedy Space Center's Pad 39A and Cape Canaveral Space Force's Launch Complex 40 ? SpaceX has the ability to launch back?to?back from the Space Coast.

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Eight-and-a-half minutes after liftoff, the first stage of the rocket landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship in the Atlantic Ocean. This Falcon 9 first stage had flown 13 previous times, including the launch of NASA's Crew 5, GPS III Space Vehicle 06, Inmarsat I6-F2, CRS-28, Intelsat G-37, NG-20, and seven other Starlink missions.

When is the next Florida launch?

On Tuesday, July 30, a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket will lift off at 6:45 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex 41. This will mark the final national security mission for the Atlas family of rockets. The USSF-51 mission is a secret payload for the Space Force.

While it is the final national security payload the rocket will carry, this will not be the final Atlas V launch, as there are more to come before the rocket is officially retired.

The ULA Vulcan rocket will replace the now-retired Delta IV and Atlas V rockets.

Brooke Edwards is a Space Reporter for Florida Today. Contact her at [email protected] or on X: @brookeofstars.

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