SpaceX launched a second batch of OneWeb internet satellites late Monday, helping the London-based company fill out its orbital constellation after Russia blocked planned Soyuz launches last year in the wake of western sanctions.
Liftoff from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station came on time at 11:50 p.m. EST, lighting up the overnight sky with a brilliant torrent of fiery exhaust. Eight minutes later, twin sonic booms rattled windows across Florida’s Space Coast as the reusable first stage descended to touchdown on a nearby landing pad.
SpaceX had planned to launch another Falcon 9 rocket overnight, this one from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, to put 51 more Starlink internet relay stations into orbit, but bad weather forced a 24-hour delay.
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