At 3.25 pm Belgian time a Falcon-9 departed from the legendary platform 39A. The first stage is on its eleventh mission and, after returning, must land on the Just Read The Instructions droneship, bobbing in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas.
The payload of the Falcon consists of 47 satellites for Starlink, the broadband network that SpaxeX is developing in space. The satellites should be released almost 66 minutes after lift-off.
It is already the ninth launch of SpaceX this year. If she succeeds, 2,234 Starlink satellites have already been launched.