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SpaceX Orbits 53 Satellites on 50th Starlink Launch

By Doug Messier

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July 8, 2022

Filed under broadband satellites, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Falcon 9, Internet satellites, satellite broadband, satellite Internet, Starlink

Falcon 9 launches 53 Starlink satellites on July 7, 2022. (Credit: SpaceX)

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, Fla. — On Thursday, July 7 at 9:11 a.m. ET, SpaceX launched 53 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

This was the 13th flight for the Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew Demo-2, ANASIS-II, CRS-21, Transporter-1, Transporter-3, and now eight Starlink missions.

Doug Messier