The gray morning fog was so thick that even SpaceX’s close-range webcast video cameras barely revealed footage of the Falcon 9.
But the rocket bolted from Launch Complex 40 at 7:16 a.m. Friday, Feb. 27, lifting 29 more Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Next, SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 on a similar Starlink mission on Sunday, March 1. That four-hour window will extend from 7:07 p.m. to 11:07 p.m. from the military installation. Live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team coverage will start about 90 minutes before liftoff at floridatoday.com/space.
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Rick Neale is a Space Reporter at FLORIDA TODAY, where he has covered news since 2004. Contact Neale at Rneale@floridatoday.com. Twitter/X: @RickNeale1
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