The company founded by billionaire Elon Musk sent the 28 Starlink units into low Earth orbit atop a Falcon 9 rocket flying from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The initial ascent was completed in under nine minutes, followed by about a 45-minute coast.

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Sept. 3 (UPI) -- SpaceX launched 28 Starlink satellites from Florida on Wednesday morning. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 7:56 a.m. EDT. The booster, on its 14th flight, landed on the drone ship "A Shortfall of Gravitas" in the Atlantic Ocean at 8:04 a.m.