SpaceX launching 20 Starlink internet satellites to orbit early Sept. 25
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- Sep 24, 2024
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 21 Starlink satellites on Aug. 10, 2024.
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SpaceX plans to launch 20 more of its Starlink broadband satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell capability, from California early Wednesday morning (Sept. 25).
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 20 Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, on California's central coast, Wednesday at 3:01 a.m. EDT (0701 GMT; 9:01 p.m. on Sept. 24 California time).
You can watch the action live via SpaceX's X account; coverage will begin about five minutes before launch.
If all goes according to plan, the Falcon 9's first stage will come back to Earth 8.5 minutes after liftoff, landing on the SpaceX drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You" in the Pacific Ocean.
It will be the 10th launch and landing for this particular booster, according to a SpaceX mission description.
The Falcon 9's upper stage, meanwhile, will continue powering its way to low Earth orbit, deploying the 20 satellites there 60 minutes after liftoff. The newcomers will join the Starlink megaconstellation, which consists of more than 6,300 active spacecraft.
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