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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch Falcon 9 booster from Cape Canaveral on recording-breaking 18th flight

File photo a a Falcon 9 prior to a Starlink satellite delivery mission. Image: SpaceX. Update 2:24 p.m. EDT (1824 UTC): Updated launch time. SpaceX aims to break another re-flight record on Friday evening with the launch of 23 more Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 booster making its 18th flight. The Starlink 6-26 mission is …

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Live coverage: SpaceX Falcon 9 to launch 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket sends up 22 Starlink satellites on the Starlink Group 6-23 mission. Image: Adam Bernstein SpaceX is hoping to ace its second launch of the day with another Falcon 9 rocket, this time launching from the East Coast. The Starlink Group 6-24 mission is targeting liftoff at 10:17 p.m. EDT (0217 UTC). …

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Live coverage: SpaceX prepares Falcon 9 rocket for 47th Starlink launch of 2023

SpaceX is looking to follow up a double launch day on Friday, Oct. 13, with an evening launch of a Falcon 9 rocket, which will send up another 22 Starlink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit. The mission from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is targeting a liftoff …

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Live coverage: SpaceX plans to launch back-to-back, cross-country Falcon 9 launches

SpaceX is kicking off the second week of October with a planned pair of back-to-back Falcon 9 launches, lifting off from both of its Space Force-based launch pads. Up first is the Starlink 6-22 mission, which is targeting liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 10:56 …

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Live Coverage: SpaceX to launch Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Friday

A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled for launch tonight on another mission to deliver satellites into orbit for SpaceX’s Starlink internet service. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is planned for 6:39 p.m. EDT (2239 UTC). It’s shaping up to be a busy night for SpaceX teams on the Florida Space …

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Live Coverage: SpaceX keeping a weather eye on Hurricane Lee ahead of midnight Starlink launch

Live coverage will start here about one hour before launch SpaceX hopes to launch its 65th orbital mission of the year shortly after midnight tonight, but it’s keeping an eye on the hurricane-churned ocean in the booster recovery zone. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral with 22 satellites for the Starlink network is …

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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket counting down to SpaceX’s record-breaking 62nd launch of the year

SpaceX rolled out a Falcon 9 Sunday for a record-breaking 62nd launch of the year. Image: Spaceflight Now. A Falcon 9 rocket is being readied Sunday for a record-breaking 62nd orbital launch of the year for SpaceX. The previous record was set in 2022 with 61 launches by the company. Liftoff from pad 39A at …

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SpaceX eyes 60th launch of the year with Starlink mission, one shy of tying record

SpaceX is preparing a Falcon 9 rocket for what will be its 60th orbital launch of the year. The Starlink Group 6-13 mission is targeting a liftoff no earlier than 7:52 p.m. EDT (2352 UTC) on Thursday, Aug. 31, with a batch of 22 Starlink V2 Mini satellites headed to low Earth orbit. With this …

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SpaceX to launch Starlink missions from both coasts tonight

File photo of SpaceX’s Starlink V2 Mini satellites inside a payload processing facility at Cape Canaveral. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX will launch Starlink missions from launch pads on the east and west coast in the overnight hours from Wednesday into Thursday. The back-to-back Falcon 9 launches will be the 99th and 100th dedicated Starlink missions. First …

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West Coast launch puts 48 more Starlink internet satellites in orbit

SpaceX lofted another batch of Starlink internet satellites into orbit on Friday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. A Falcon 9, carrying 48 satellites inside its payload fairing, lifted off at 12:29:50 p.m. PDT (3:29:50 p.m. EDT; 1929:50 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 4-East. A Falcon 9 rocket launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base …

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