CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — After a Falcon 9 rocket launch scheduled for Tuesday afternoon was scrubbed 11 seconds before the mission was set for takeoff, SpaceX used a backup window to send the Transporter 2 dedicated rideshare mission into space Wednesday.
The 58-minute launch window opened at 3:30 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral.
If you are an Eastern Florida resident, you may have been able to see Falcon 9 as it rises over the ocean, or be able to hear the rocket's sonic booms as it increases in speed.
The mission launched 88 spacecraft into orbit, with more customer mass than SpaceX's previous dedicated rideshare mission, according to a tweet from SpaceX Friday. That includes 85 commercial and government spacecraft, including CubeSats, microsats and orbital transfer vehicles, along with three Starlink satellites.
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Tuesday's launch was scrubbed due to a "range violation," according to NASA Spaceflight.
Following stage separation, SpaceX landed Falcon 9's first stage on Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, the launch web page says. One half of Falcon 9's fairing previously supported Transporter 1 and a Starlink mission, and the other previously flew on SAOCOM 1B and a Starlink mission, it says.