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SpaceX gets ready for Memorial Day launch
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CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — SpaceX is preparing for a Memorial Day Starlink launch.
What You Need To Know
- SpaceX will send off Starlink 6-60 mission at 11:30 a.m. ET
- It will take place at Space Launch Complex 40
The Falcon 9 rocket will send up Starlink 6-60 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, stated SpaceX.
The launch window will open at 11:30 a.m. ET, which is at the close of the launch window.
The launch was originally set to happen at 7:30 a.m. ET and then it was moved to 10:20 a.m. ET and finally at 10:56 a.m. ET; SpaceX did not state why it was pushed back.
The 45th Weather Squadron gave a 95% to 90% chance of good liftoff conditions, with the only concerns being the cumulus cloud rule.
If the launch is scrubbed, the next try will be Tuesday, May 28, at 7:30 a.m. ET, SpaceX stated.
Going up
This will be the 10th mission for the Falcon 9’s first-stage booster B1078. The nine missions it has launched are quite impressive:
- Crew-6
- SES O3b mPOWER
- USSF-124 mission
- Starlink 6-4
- Starlink 6-8
- Starlink 6-16
- Starlink 6-31
- Starlink 6-46
- Starlink 6-53
After the stage separation, the first-stage rocket will land on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas that will be in the Atlantic Ocean.
About the mission
The 23 satellites will be heading to low-Earth orbit to join the thousands already there.
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics’ Dr. Jonathan McDowell has been tracking Starlink satellites. The Starlink company is owned by SpaceX.
Before this launch, McDowell recorded the following:
- 6,055 are in orbit
- 5,232 are in operational orbit
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