Video courtesy of SpaceX.
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — SpaceX launched two rockets from Florida’s Space Coast on Monday afternoon, just hours apart.
In the first launch, SpaceX sent up a South Korean communication satellite called KoreaSat-6A.
The Falcon 9 rocket took off from Kennedy Space Center, sent the satellite into geosynchronous orbit, and then landed at Cape Canaveral Space Station. This rocket booster tied the record for most SpaceX flights.
In the second launch, a Falcon 9 rocket sent 24 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit. It was the rocket’s 12th flight. There was a short delay after the launch window opened, but the Falcon 9 rocket launched at roughly 4:29 p.m. ET.
After deploying the satellites, the rocket landed on SpaceX’s A Shortfall of Gravitas drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
