SpaceX launched the Koreasat 6A satellite from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center this afternoon. Liftoff was at 12:22 PM EDT under blue skies and on a warm afternoon here on the Space Coast.
Several minutes after launching, Booster B1067 touched down at Landing Zone 1 in Cape Canaveral and became the first SpaceX booster to successfully complete 23 launches and landings. Two other Falcon 9 boosters have also flown 23 times, with one being expended (with no landing attempt) and another that did not land successfully and was destroyed.
About the same time that the booster landed, the initial orbit for the payload was achieved. At 12:57 PM EST SpaceX announced the payload had been successfully deployed, concluding another successful Falcon 9 mission for the company.
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Launch Replay
By The Numbers
- 112th SpaceX launch this year
- 20th launch from LC-39A this year
- 39th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch
- 424th SpaceX launch all time
- 368th Falcon Family Booster landing
- 47th landing on LZ-1
Photo: Charles Boyer / Talk of Titusville
Next Launch
Space Coast residents will not have to wait very long until the next launch: Starlink 6-69 is scheduled for today, with the launch window opening at 4:28 PM EST and extending to 7:44 PM. The payload is another group of Starlink satellites to join SpaceX’s constellation of data satellites.
- Date: NET November 11, 2024
- Organization: SpaceX / NASA
- Mission: Starlink 6-69
- Rocket: Falcon 9
- Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral
- Launch Window: 4:28 PM – 7:44 PM EST
- Payload: Starlink satellites
Keep in mind that launch dates and times change often. Launch attempts can be scrubbed anytime due to weather, technical reasons, or range conditions.
Photo: Charles Boyer / Talk of Titusville