SpaceX Launches 56 Starlink Satellites in Early Thursday Launch

SpaceX is set to launch 56 Starlink internet satellites on Thursday, May 4, at 3:34 a.m. EDT from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The Falcon 9 rocket will carry the satellites into low Earth orbit, and the first stage will return to Earth and land on SpaceX's A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship. This will be the 29th orbital mission of the year for SpaceX and the 27th for a Falcon 9.