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Weather looking clear for SpaceX’s Starlink launch Thursday afternoon

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The weather is looking favorable as SpaceX prepares again for another Starlink launch Thursday afternoon.

The company will launch its Falcon 9 rocket, carrying over two dozen Starlink satellites.

SpaceX is targeting 3:26 p.m. for liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

The 45th Weather Squadron shows clear skies over the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday with no weather concerns.

Sweet Sixteen

The company said the Starlink Group 6-90 mission will be the 16th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched:

Following stage separation, the first stage booster will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which is stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

About the mission

The 29 satellites will head to low-Earth orbit to join the thousands already there once deployed.

SpaceX owns the Starlink company, where the satellites provide internet service to many areas on Earth.

Dr. Jonathan McDowell, of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, has been recording Starlink satellites.

Before this launch, McDowell documented the following:

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Spectrum News Staff

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