Credit: SpaceX webcast REYKJAVÍK, Iceland — A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a new set of Starlink satellites Dec. 18, setting a new reusability mark for the vehicle in the process.

The Starlink mission will send 23 new internet satellites into low-Earth orbit. The Falcon 9 first stage booster has had 17 prior flights, including the Ax-1 launch in April 2022.

Reusability is the holy grail of rocketry,” Elon Musk once stated, and Thursday morning on Florida’s Space Coast, that mantra was in full display. At exactly 8:29 a.m. EDT, a Falcon 9 carried 28 ...

The Falcon 9 lifted off from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A at 1:45 a.m. Eastern. The company confirmed the successful deployment of its payload of 23 Starlink satellites a little ...