BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — SpaceX is gearing up to launch one other batch of Starlink communications satellites into orbit from the Space Coast.
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 53 extra satellites into low-earth orbit is anticipated to launch from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center early Friday.
The launch window opens at 5:42 a.m. A backup window is out there Saturday at 5:20 a.m.
Targeting Friday, May 6 for a Falcon 9 launch of 53 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from LC-39A in Florida → https://t.co/hW2ULg8gvH
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) May 4, 2022
Just over eight minutes after launch the Falcon 9′s first stage booster will return to Earth, touchdown on the “A Shortfall of Gravitas” Droneship within the Atlantic Ocean.
The similar booster has been used beforehand for the Crew-2 crewed check flight, two “Transporter” Smallsat rideshare program launches, and 6 different Starlink missions.
A reside broadcast of the launch is out there on-line, beginning quarter-hour earlier than liftoff.
You may watch the launch on Eyewitness News This Morning and on-line.
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