SpaceX plans to launch one other batch of its broadband satellites to orbit from Florida on Sunday (Jan. 14).
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to raise off from Cape Canaveral Area Drive Station tonight throughout a four-hour-long window that opens at 7:27 p.m. EST (0027 GMT on Jan. 15). The launch was initially scheduled for Saturday night (Jan. 13) however was pushed again a day, presumably by dangerous climate.
You may watch the launch by way of SpaceX’s account on X, beginning about 5 minutes earlier than the window opens.
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The Falcon 9’s first stage will come again to Earth about eight minutes after liftoff, if all goes in response to plan. It is going to land on the drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas, which shall be stationed within the Atlantic Ocean.
Will probably be the twelfth launch and touchdown for this booster, in response to a SpaceX mission description. Amongst its earlier flights are seven different Starlink missions.
The Falcon 9’s higher stage will proceed hauling the 23 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit tonight. They will be deployed there about 64.5 minutes after liftoff.
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Starlink is SpaceX’s broadband megaconstellation. It at present consists of greater than 5,250 operational spacecraft, however that quantity is growing on a regular basis, as Sunday’s deliberate liftoff reveals.
