CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX sent 28 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit after an early Tuesday launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 2:46 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 40.

This was the eighth flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched CRS-33, O3b mPOWER-E, Crew-10, Bandwagon-3, O3b mPOWER-D, and now three Starlink missions.

Following stage separation, the first stage landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

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