CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX is focusing on Thursday morning for the subsequent launch of their devoted rideshare mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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Transporter-3 will probably be SpaceX’s third rideshare mission. The Falcon 9 rocket’s payload for Thursday’s launch is greater than 100 particular person spacecraft, together with plenty of microsatellites and nanosatellites for each business and authorities clients.
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A 29-minute launch window opens at 10:25 a.m. Thursday. A backup window has been set for Friday on the similar time.
The reusable Falcon 9 first stage booster has beforehand launched 9 different missions, together with Transporter-1 and 5 Starlink missions.
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About eight minutes after liftoff, the primary stage booster is scheduled to land again at touchdown zone one, producing a sonic growth within the course of.
A reside webcast of the launch will begin about quarter-hour earlier than liftoff. Click right here to watch.
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