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July 27, 2023
SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink 10-9

Launched: 1:45 AM EDT
Launch site: Space Launch Complex (SLC) 39A, Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Booster: 1069, 17th Flight
Payload: 23 Starlink satellites

PHOTOS
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Falcon 9 Rolled out from SpaceX Factory	Falcon 9 Vertical on Pad	Early Evening
Midnight	After Midnight	Moonrise
Moon High in Clouds	Coastline Annotated	Moon over Launch Pad
Moon Relections Pre-Launch T -0:30	Ignition 1	Ignition 2
Off Pad 1	Off Pad 2	Off Pad 3
Cleared Launch Tower	A Rising Falcon 9	Extreme Brilliancy
Into Clouds 1	Into Clouds 2	Into Clouds 3
High Power	Pink Exhaust 1	Pink Exhaust 2
Clouds Pink 1	Clouds Pink 2	Clouds Pink 3
Clouds Pink 4	Clouds Pink 5	Clouds Pink 6
Clouds Blue 1	Nine Engines 1	Nine Engines 2
Engines 3	Engines 4	Engines 5
Nine Engines last Photo	Timelapse Rocket trail

VIDEOS
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Booster history: 17th booster 1069.
Booster recovery: Drone Ship 'Just Read the Instructions' (JRTI)
Fairing recovery: Cargo Ship 'xx'

SpaceX Stats:
71st launch of the year and the xx launch of the month.

355th flight for Falcon 9.
86th launch from SLC-39A.

Target orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)