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SpaceX Launches First Batch of Starlink Gen2 Satellites

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Tom Patton
Dec 29, 2022
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The first batch of 54 Starlink Gen2 satellites were launched into orbit at 4:34 Wednesday morning from the Cape Canaveral Space Force station in Florida.

This was the eleventh launch and landing for this Falcon 9 first stage booster, which previously launched GPS III Space Vehicle 04, GPS III Space Vehicle 05, Inspiration4, Ax-1, Nilesat 301, and now six…

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