SpaceX targets Sunday for Starlink satellite tv for pc launch from Cape Canaveral

The countdown to 100 continues: SpaceX is focusing on Sunday, Oct. 19, to launch the 87th orbital rocket of the 12 months from Florida’s Space Coast.

This noon four-hour launch window extends from 10:52 a.m. to 2:52 p.m. SpaceX will ship up a Falcon 9 rocket on one other Starlink mission from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

The National Weather Service forecast signifies wonderful viewing circumstances for launch spectators. Expect sunny skies Sunday with a excessive close to 85 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, coupled with a light-weight south-southeast wind of 5 to 10 mph.

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The Falcon 9 will observe a northeasterly trajectory and deploy 28 Starlink web satellites into low-Earth orbit. The first-stage booster will goal touchdown on SpaceX’s drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas within the Atlantic Ocean.

SpaceX’s final Starlink launch from the Cape occurred earlier than dawn Thursday, Oct. 16. That mission marked the five hundredth touchdown of a Falcon 9 rocket after the booster touched down atop SpaceX’s drone ship Just Read the Instructions out at sea.

Looking forward on the Eastern Range schedule, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will raise two Airbus-developed satellites into orbit on the SpainSat NG-II mission. That nighttime launch window will final almost 4 hours, opening at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22, and lengthening till 1:19 a.m. Thursday.

(This story has been up to date with new data.)

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Rick Neale is a Space Reporter at FLORIDA TODAY. Contact Neale at Rneale@floridatoday.com. Twitter/X: @RickNeale1

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