SpaceX launches more than 20 Starlink satellites
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- Oct 22, 2024
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CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — After dealing with some poor weather, SpaceX was able to launch more than 20 Starlink satellites on Wednesday night.
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The Falcon 9 rocket left from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Find out more about the weather criteria for a Falcon 9 launch.
The launch window was also going to be Monday at 6:40 p.m. ET, but it was pushed back to 7:38 p.m. ET, before being scrapped all together. There is no official word as to why that happened.
For Tuesday's attempt, the launch window opened at 6:56 p.m. ET and was supposed to close at 10:14 p.m. ET. However, unfavorable recovery conditions forced a scrub on Tuesday night.
Taking off
Old Falcon 9’s first-stage booster for this mission, B1073, has seen 17 missions before this launch. And one of these missions includes ispace — a private Japanese space company — and NASA’s lunar mission.
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