At 10:16 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, June 4, a Falcon 9 lifted off Launch Complex 40, delivering 20 Starlink satellites to orbit, of which 13 contained Direct to Cell mobile service capabilities. However, this launch did not travel the southeast trajectory typically seen on the Space Coast. Instead, it went upward and to the east before disappearing behind the clouds.

While in the past months SpaceX has been launching Group 6 satellites from Cape Canaveral, Tuesday marked the first batch of Group 8 satellites launched from the Space Coast. With this launch aiming for a different orbit, it traveled in a northeast trajectory.

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SpaceX Starlink Group 8 first Cape Canaveral liftoff

The allotted launch window, according to Geospatial Navigational and FAA warnings, ran from 8:04 p.m. to 11:58 p.m. EDT. With the 45th Weather Squadron calling for weather to be more favorable in the later portion of the launch window, SpaceX announced Tuesday afternoon they would target a 10:16 p.m. EDT liftoff −which they successfully met.

While Tuesday’s Falcon 9 booster celebrated a twentieth flight, its most memorable missions include the launch of NASA’s Crew-3 and Crew-4. Although this booster carried ten other Starlink missions to orbit, other launches this booster can claim include: Turksat 5B, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, mPOWER-a, PSN SATRIA, Telkomsat Merah Putih 2, and two ISS resupply missions.

Eight and a half minutes after leaving the pad, the Falcon 9 landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship in the Atlantic Ocean. With the distance of this landing, Central Florida did not hear any sonic booms.

Next Florida rocket launch

NASA, Boeing and ULA are targeting another launch attempt of Boeing’s Starliner at 10:52 a.m. EDT on June 5 from Cape Canaveral. A backup launch opportunity exists at 10:29 a.m. on Thursday, June 6.

Later in the week, SpaceX is targeting another Starlink launch between 6:58 p.m. to 11:26 p.m on Friday, June 7 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. While SpaceX has yet to confirm the mission, a Geospatial Navigational Warning shows a four and a half hour launch window, which indications a Starlink launch.

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Brooke Edwards is a Space Reporter for Florida Today. Contact her at bedwards@floridatoday.com or on X: @brookeofstars.

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