The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch for the 17th time tonight (September 23).
The Falcon 9 rocket, carrying 22 of the company’s Starlink internet satellites, is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida tonight at 9:07 pm ET (0107 GMT on September 24).
You can watch the event via the SpaceX X account (formerly Twitter). Coverage is expected to begin about five minutes before takeoff.
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This will be the 17th takeoff and landing of the Falcon 9 first stage, according to AD SpaceX mission description. This would match the company’s reuse record, achieved four days earlier by a different Falcon 9 rocket on another Starlink launch.
Meanwhile, the 22 Starlink satellites from the Falcon 9 rocket’s upper stage are scheduled to deploy tonight about 65 minutes after launch.
Starlink is SpaceX’s large Internet constellation, providing services to customers around the world.
Starlink currently consists of More than 4,750 operational satellitesThis number will continue to increase in the future. SpaceX has received approval to launch 12,000 broadband vehicles and has applied for approval to launch another 30,000 vehicles.
2023-09-23 20:11:35
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