KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – SpaceX is targeting Friday morning to launch 53 Starlink satellites from Kennedy Space Center.
The window for SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch is set for 5:42 a.m., with a backup opportunity scheduled for approximately 5:20 a.m. on Saturday.
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The first-stage booster supporting this mission previously launched Crew Demo-2, ANASIS-II, CRS-21, Transporter-1, Transporter-3 and six other Starlink missions.
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Following separation, Falcon 9′s first-stage booster will return to Earth and land on the “A Shortfall of Gravitas,” an autonomous drone ship stationed out in the Atlantic Ocean.
This comes after SpaceX’s Crew-3 astronauts are set to splash down off Florida’s coast around 12:43 a.m. Friday.
You can stream the mission webcast live in the media player above.
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