![]() ![]() Spaceflight Now will bring you live coverage from the Cape, starting about an hour before launch.Īfter lifting off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, the Falcon 9 will pitch and roll onto a south-easterly trajectory as it targets an orbit inclined at 43 degrees to the equator. SpaceX has five back up launch opportunities on Sunday night if needed, the last of which is at 10:47 p.m. There was a low to moderate risk of poor weather in the booster recovery area near the Bahamas. The main concerns are violations of liftoff wind limits and rules associated with lightning-triggering cumulus clouds. If all goes according to plan, SpaceX will have more than 5,000 Starlink satellites in orbit by the end of the day.Ī forecast issued by the 45th Weather Squadron at Cape Canaveral on Saturday gave the Falcon 9 an 85-percent chance of favorable conditions for launch. ![]() That launch brought the number of Starlink satellites currently in orbit to 4,989, according to statistics compiled by Jonathan McDowell. EDT (0017 UTC).Įarlier Sunday, a Falcon 9 lofted 22 Starlinks from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff from pad 40 is scheduled for 8:17 p.m. SpaceX is gearing up to launch 23 more satellites for its Starlink internet service from Cape Canaveral on Sunday, its second Falcon 9 launch of the day. The launch team will target its next launch attempt with a 24-hour recycle. EDT (0038 UTC): A scrub was called at T-30 seconds to liftoff. File photo of SpaceX’s Starlink V2 Mini satellites inside a payload processing facility at Cape Canaveral earlier this year. ![]()
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