update: SpaceX has set a new launch time for the launch of today’s Starlink satellite. The company is currently 6:59 am EDT (1059 GMT)39 minutes delay.
SpaceX will launch an additional 53 Starlink Internet satellites to land the rocket returning early Wednesday morning (May 18) on the ship. You can see all the actions live.
2 stages Falcon 9 Rocket topped with 53 Starlink The spacecraft will take off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:59 am EDT (1059 GMT) on Wednesday.The first stage of the rocket will land SpaceX If all of the droneship goes according to plan, there will be a lack of gravity in the Atlantic Ocean about 9 minutes after takeoff.
With the kindness of SpaceX, you can see everything unfolding on Space.com. Directly via the company.. Coverage will begin approximately 10 minutes before lift-off. If the previous Starlink webcast is a guide, the live stream will end shortly after the booster landing. Therefore, live coverage may not include the deployment of Starlink satellites. This is expected to occur about an hour after launch.
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Starlink is SpaceX’s broadband constellation and is now Over 2,300 satellites.. The number has been increasing rapidly recently. SpaceX has already launched 20 missions in 2022, 13 of which are Starlink-only flights.
However, Starlink’s population can become really huge in the not too distant future.The next generation version of the constellation may eventually consist of: Up to 30,000 satellites..
Wednesday’s mission will be the fifth of the first stage of this particular Falcon 9. Such reuse is a priority for SpaceX and its founders and CEOs. Elon MuskWe are considering rapid and repetitive re-flights as an important breakthrough needed to make ambitious exploration feats such as the settlement of Mars economically feasible.
SpaceX landed the first stage of the Falcon 9 113 times and reflowed the booster 92 times during previous orbital missions. According to the company website..
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