SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled for its record-tying 17th launch tonight (September 23).
The Falcon 9, carrying 22 of the company’s Starlink Internet satellites, is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida tonight at 9:07 p.m. ET (1:07 a.m. JST). .
You can watch the action from X’s SpaceX account (formerly Twitter). Coverage is scheduled to begin approximately five minutes before launch.
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This will be the 17th takeoff and landing for the Falcon 9’s first stage, officials said. SpaceX mission description. This would tie the company’s reuse record, which was achieved by another Falcon 9 on another Starlink launch just four days earlier.
Meanwhile, 22 Starlink satellites are scheduled to deploy from the Falcon 9 upper stage tonight, about 65 minutes after liftoff.
Starlink is SpaceX’s Internet mega-constellation, serving customers around the world.
Starlink currently consists of: Over 4,750 operational satellites, and that number will continue to grow into the distant future. SpaceX has received approval to launch 12,000 broadband aircraft and has applied for approval to launch 30,000 more.