SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites from Florida Thursday morning

ORLANDO, Fla. - SpaceX successfully launched Starlink communication satellites early Thursday morning. 

The Falcon 9 rocket launched 56 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 3:31 a.m. ET.

The first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched CRS-24, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F, OneWeb 1, SES-18 and SES-19, and two Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.