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SpaceX to launch 22 more Starlink broadband satellites from Florida Wednesday

SpaceX is scheduled to launch 22 more of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast today (June 12), according to Space.com.


The Starlink satellites will lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station during a 3.5-hour window that opens at 5:20 p.m. EDT (2120 GMT).


SpaceX will stream the action live via its account on X, beginning about five minutes before launch.



A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 20 Starlink satellites from Florida on June 4, 2024. (Image credit: SpaceX via X)


The Falcon 9's first stage will come back to Earth about 8.5 minutes after launch, if all goes according to plan, landing on the droneship, according to Space.com.

 

This booster will be making its 16th launch and landing, according to a SpaceX mission description. Of its 15 flights so far, 10 have been Starlink missions.


The Falcon 9's upper stage will continue to carry the 22 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit and deploy them approximately 53 minutes after liftoff.


SpaceX has launched 60 orbital missions so far in 2024.






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