CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE — A stormy Friday morning did not stop SpaceX from launching more than 50 Starlink satellites, making it the third launch for the Space Coast this week.

What You Need To Know

The company’s Falcon 9 rocket left Space Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Friday, June 23, at 11:35 a.m. ET.

The launch was supposed to happened at 9:56 a.m. ET, but on Friday morning SpaceX tweeted that it was pushing the launch to 11:35 a.m. ET, with the forecast being 40% good for liftoff.

The Space Coast and many parts of Central Florida saw early morning storms on Friday.

The 45th Weather Squadron did not yet released its forecast for the mission.

Before the launch, the Falcon 9’s first-stage booster B1069 had seven successful missions on its resume:

Following the stage separation, the Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage landed in the Atlantic Ocean on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas.

About the mission

The Starlink 5-12 mission successfully launched 56 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit, where they will visit their mechanical family members.

The Starlink satellites give internet service to many parts of the world, stated Starlink, a company owned by SpaceX.

Before Friday morning’s launch, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics’ astrophysicist Dr. Jonathan McDowell recorded the current information on the Starlink satellites: 4,312 are in orbit, with 4,273 in working order and 3,688 are operational.

Early this week, the Space Coast saw the PSN Satria mission on Father's Day and the ULA launch of the Delta IV Heavy rocket on Thursaday. 

Watch the launch

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