SpaceX launches back-to-back Starlink satellite missions

SpaceX has bounced back from an earlier failure by successfully launching two missions on July 28.

The company deployed batches of Starlink internet satellites from both coasts using Falcon 9 rockets, with liftoffs less than five hours apart.

This followed a Falcon 9 launch on July 27, marking the rocket’s return-to-flight after a failure on July 11.

The first launch on July 28, at 1:09 a.m. EDT, saw a Falcon 9 with 23 Starlink satellites take off from Cape Canaveral, Space.com has reported.

It was the 14th mission for that Falcon 9 first stage and the 300th reflight of a SpaceX booster.

Written by B.C. Begley