CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX sent another batch of Starlink satellites toward low-Earth orbit on Friday, lifting off at 2:11 p.m. ET.

The company’s Falcon 9 rocket carried 21 Starlink satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell capabilities, when it launched from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

The 45th Weather Squadron had given a 95% chance of good liftoff conditions for the launch.

Going Up

This marked the 25th flight for the first-stage booster, B1067, which previously launched:

• CRS-22
• CRS-25
• Crew-3
• Crew-4
• TelkomSat-113BT
• Turksat-5B
• Koreasat-6A
• Eutelsat HOTBIRD-F2
• Galileo L13
• mPOWER-A
• PSN MFS
• 13 Starlink missions

Following the stage separation, the first stage landed on the droneship Just Read the Instructions, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

About the Mission

The Starlink company’s 21 satellites will join thousands of others in orbit, providing internet service to many parts of the globe. 

Dr. Jonathan McDowell, of Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, tracks Starlink satellites.

Before this launch, McDowell recorded the following:

• 6,912 are in orbit

• 6,227 are in operational orbit