This was the 13th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Euclid, Ax-2, Ax-3, NG-21, SES 24, CRS-30, and now seven Starlink missions.

After stage separation, the rocket's first-stage booster completed its 20th flight by touching down atop a SpaceX drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

SpaceX sent up another rocket Thursday to mark the 82nd launch of the year on the Space Coast. A Falcon 9 lifted off at 11:07 a.m. from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 on the Starlink 6-66 mission carrying 24 of the internet satellites to low-Earth orbit.

SpaceX is targeting late morning Thursday for its next Space Coast launch. A Falcon 9 rocket is set to lift off at 11:07 a.m. from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 on the Starlink 6-66 mission carrying 24 of the internet satellites to low-Earth orbit.