SpaceX eyes Wednesday for Starlink launch

Though SpaceX has yet to make a public announcement, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and Federal Aviation Administration navigational warnings show a 4½-hour rocket launch window will open at 11 p.m. EST Wednesday at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

This launch window — which precisely mirrors those of recent SpaceX Starlink missions — extends past midnight to 3:31 a.m. Thursday.

SpaceX's last launch from the Cape, which lifted 23 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit, occurred at 11 p.m. EST Saturday. That mission earned a tweet from Elon Musk that simply read "251" — marking the number of times the company's Falcon first-stage boosters have landed after launch.

Fast facts detailing Wednesday's upcoming Starlink 6-32 launch:

Location: Launch Complex 40.
Trajectory: Southeast.
Local sonic boom: No.
Booster landing: Drone ship out on the Atlantic Ocean.

Quelle: Florida Today

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Update: 7.12.2023

STARLINK MISSION

On Thursday, December 7 at 12:07 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

This was the ninth flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously Crew-5, GPS III Space Vehicle 06, Inmarsat I6-F2, CRS-28, Intelsat G-37, and now four Starlink missions.