Two successful back-to-back rocket launches this week from the Space Coast

Three cheers for the red, white, and blue!

From Florida Today:

This week, Starlink officials announced their high-speed internet constellation is now connecting more than 3 million people, with the Republic of Fiji’s 300-plus islands marking the network’s 99th country, territory or service market.

Thursday night, another SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch added 23 more satellites to that ever-expanding constellation, notching the second of back-to-back Starlink night launches from the Cape.

The Falcon 9 vaulted from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 10:45 p.m. EDT — four hours later than initially scheduled — and displayed a multicolored exhaust plume to Space Coast rocket spectators.

Launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the Starlink 6-62 mission launching a batch of Starlink satellites into orbit. The rocket launched from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 10:35 p.m. EDT Wednesday May 22nd. Launch viewed over the Indian River Lagoon in Cocoa.

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