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SpaceX successfully launches Starlink satellites, Falcon 9 for EUTELSAT 36D mission

By FOX 35 News Staff
Updated  March 30, 2024 10:26pm EDT
Brevard County
FOX 35 Orlando

SpaceX Starlink launch

SpaceX launches Falcon 9 mission.

ORLANDO, Fla. - SpaceX successfully launched EUTELSAT 36D from Launch Complex 39A at the at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The satellite was transported to Florida from France onboard an Airbus Beluga plane. 

This mission marks the 12th launch of the first stage booster supporting this particular mission, underscoring SpaceX's commitment to reusability in space exploration.  Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

SpaceX EUTELSAT mission successful

SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket for its EUTELSAT mission Saturday evening.

The rocket took off at 5:52 p.m. ET.  

Massive plane brings French satellite to Florida

A telecommunications satellite arrived in Central Florida from France on Monday and was transported onboard the massive Airbus Beluga.

SpaceX is also launched 23 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Saturday evening. Liftoff iwas arouhd 9:30 p.m. 

This marks the 18th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which has previously facilitated launches including CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat 5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, mPOWER-A, PSN SATRIA, Telkomsat Merah Putih 2, and eight Starlink missions. 

Upon stage separation, the first stage is expected to land on the "A Shortfall of Gravitas" droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.