SpaceX sends more Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit

By Ian Stark
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With the Port Canaveral Exploration Tower standing in the foreground, a timed exposure of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is captured as it launches 28 Starlink satellites on Mission 6-93 at 9:17 p.m. EDT from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., on Tuesday. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI
With the Port Canaveral Exploration Tower standing in the foreground, a timed exposure of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is captured as it launches 28 Starlink satellites on Mission 6-93 at 9:17 p.m. EDT from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., on Tuesday. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI | License Photo

May 6 (UPI) -- SpaceX launched a new group of Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low-Earth orbit Tuesday night.

The 28 devices rode a Falcon 9 that launched at 9:17 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Brevard County, Fla.

This mission is the 470th Falcon 9 rocket launch, and its cargo will be added to the over 7,300 Starlink satellites already in low-Earth orbit.

The Falcon 9 first-stage booster, tail number 1085, was on its seventh round-trip mission into space.

Minutes after launch, the craft landed on the Just Read The Instructions drone ship, which was be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. It was the 442nd booster landing and 119th landing on JRTI.

The mission was broadcast live on the SpaceX website, X TV app and X account. Backup launch times were available until 11:37 p.m. EDT, or Wednesday starting at 7:30 p.m. EDT.

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