SpaceX successfully launches 56 Starlink satellites and lands rocket at sea.
SpaceX is set to launch 56 Starlink internet satellites into orbit using a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The rocket's first stage will return to Earth for a vertical landing on the SpaceX droneship Just Read the Instructions. This will be the fourth launch and landing for this particular booster. The Falcon 9's upper stage will continue to deploy all 56 satellites to low Earth orbit. SpaceX has launched 4,161 Starlink satellites to date and has permission to deploy 12,000 more in LEO, with an additional 30,000 pending approval.
