SpaceX to launch 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral – Spaceflight Now

SpaceX is making ready to launch its first batch of Starlink satellites in November. The firm has a minimum of eight such missions deliberate earlier than the Thanksgiving Day vacation.

The mission, dubbed Starlink 6-81, will see 29 Starlink V2 Mini satellites despatched to low Earth orbit. The spacecraft will deployed unexpectedly just a little greater than an hour after launching from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 is scheduled for six:48 p.m. EST (2348 UTC). The rocket will fly on a south-easterly trajectory upon leaving Florida’s Space Coast.

Spaceflight Now can have dwell protection starting about an hour previous to liftoff.

The forty fifth Weather Squadron forecast a larger than 95 p.c likelihood for favorable climate through the launch window. Meteorologists weren’t involved with any specific climate phenomena that might affect liftoff or booster restoration.

SpaceX will launch the Starlink 6-81 mission utilizing its Falcon 9 first stage booster with the tail quantity B1094. This will probably be its fifth journey to area and again following the launches of Crew-11, Ax-4, NG-23 and Starlink 12-10.

About 8.5 minutes after liftoff, B1094 will goal an autonomous touchdown on the drone ship, ‘Just Read the Instructions’, which is positioned within the Atlantic Ocean to the east of The Bahamas. If all goes nicely, this would be the a hundred and fortieth booster touchdown on this vessel and the 529th booster touchdown up to now.