SpaceX targeting Sunday night to launch 22 more Starlink satellites
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Kennedy Space Center launchpad 39A with Jupiter, Saturn, the Moon, above the rocket and Dragon. (SpaceX)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - SpaceX is gearing up to launch more Starlink satellites into low earth orbit Sunday night.
The Falcon 9 launch is set to happen at 10:56 p.m. from the Space Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Five additional backup opportunities are available starting at 9:57 p.m. until 12:35 a.m. on Monday, October 9.
Six more backup opportunities are also available on October 9 starting at 8:42 p.m. until 12:10 a.m. on Tuesday, October 10.
This is the 14th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat 5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, mPOWER-a, PSN SATRIA, and five Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.