SpaceX plans to launch more internet satellites from Florida’s Space Coast today (January 8).
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 Starlink spacecraft. 13 of them were Connect directly to the cell A rocket with this capability is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station during a roughly four-hour launch window that opens at 10:27 a.m. ET (3:27 GMT).
SpaceX plans to broadcast the launch live from about five minutes before liftoff. on the website and on X social media networks.
If all goes according to plan, Falcon 9’s first stage will return to Earth about eight minutes after liftoff. Landing on the unmanned ship “A Shortfall of Gravitas” stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
Officials said this will be the third time the booster has launched and landed, having previously flown on one Starlink mission. SpaceX mission description.
Falcon 9’s upper stage will carry the Starlink satellite into low Earth orbit (LEO) and will be deployed approximately 65 minutes after liftoff.
Starlink is the largest constellation of satellites ever deployed, and as today’s launch plans demonstrate, it continues to grow. There are currently more than 6,850 Starlink spacecraft operating in LEO. According to Jonathan McDowell, satellite tracker and astrophysicist;
