Updated at 7:42 PM ET: SpaceX is now targeting 10:47 PM EDT (0247 GMT) To launch 21 new Starlink satellites tonight. The webcast will begin 5 minutes before launch time exclusively on social media site X (formerly known as Twitter). On the @SpaceX feed. It will also appear on this page, if applicable.
SpaceX will launch 21 more Starlink internet satellites into orbit tonight (September 3), and you can watch the event live.
The Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida tonight at 1 p.m.0:47 PM EDT (0247 GMT).
The webcast will begin 5 minutes before launch time exclusively on social media site X (formerly known as Twitter). On the @SpaceX feed. It will also appear on this page, if applicable.
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If all goes according to plan, the Falcon 9 first stage will return to Earth safely: It will land about 8.5 minutes after liftoff aboard the Just Read the Instructions drone ship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
This will be the tenth launch and landing of this particular booster, according to A SpaceX mission description.
The Falcon 9 rocket’s upper stage will continue to fly, and eventually 21 Starlink satellites will be deployed into low Earth orbit (LEO) about 65 minutes after liftoff.
Today is a big day for SpaceX. The company also plans to bring back the four astronauts from the Crew-6 mission, who have been on the International Space Station (ISS) since March.
Crew-6’s Crew Dragon capsule, named Endeavour, is scheduled to depart the International Space Station shortly after 7 a.m. EDT (1100 GMT) today. It will fall into the ocean off the coast of Florida at about 12:17 a.m. EDT (0417 GMT). You can see these landmarks here on Space.com.
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