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SpaceX is scheduled to launch its 90th orbital mission of the year tonight

SpaceX is scheduled to launch its 90th orbital mission of the year tonight

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites into orbit early Thursday morning (December 7).

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 12:07 a.m. EDT (0507 GMT), on SpaceX’s 90th orbital mission of 2023.

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The first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket approaches a “just read the instructions” drone landing off the Atlantic coast of Florida on Thursday, December 7, 2023. (Image credit: SpaceX via X)

Regarding the plan, the first stage of the rocket returned to Earth for a vertical landing about 8.5 minutes after launch. The plane landed on a SpaceX “just read the instructions” drone, which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida.