A Falcon 9 rocket launched SpaceX 's Starlink 6-74 mission Thursday night, April 24, out of Florida's Space Coast. Liftoff occurred at 9:52 p.m. ET (0152 GMT, April 25) from Launch Complex-40 (LC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

The booster returned to Earth and touched down atop the SpaceX drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean roughly 8½ minutes after liftoff.

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 which is a reusable two-stage rocket stood ready at Launch Complex 40 (LC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The mission, Starlink 6-74, marked the SpaceX’s 47th Falcon 9 flight of the year and aimed to expand it's growing low Earth orbit (LEO) internet constellation.