SpaceX will launch a batch of Starlink satellites on Sunday (July 24) in what will be the program’s fifth launch in July alone, and you can watch it all live.
The company has a clutch of 53 Starlink Internet satellites loaded aboard the Falcon 9 rocket that is scheduled to lift off during an instant launch opportunity at 9:38 a.m. EDT (1338 GMT) from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) of Florida, as reported. a statement from the company (opens in a new tab).
SpaceX is looking to add to its record 32 launches in 2022 that it set a few days ago with a Starlink launch on Friday (July 22).
SpaceX will broadcast the launch sequence and its attempt to land the first stage aboard the drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the nearby Atlantic Ocean. The feed will be available here on Space.com or directly via SpaceX’s YouTube channel.
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SpaceX typically begins coverage about 10 minutes before launch.
This Starlink launch, the fifth in July alone, follows a successful effort from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Friday (July 22).
That flight brought 46 Starlink satellites into orbit, and the rocket’s first stage gently touched down on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean 8.5 minutes after launch. It was the second attempt to launch the Starlink group 3-2 into orbit after an induced abort by the Falcon 9 rocket in T-46 according to Thursday (July 21).
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches into the rising sun to carry 53 Starlink Internet satellites into orbit from Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on May 18, 2022. (Credit from image: SpaceX)
SpaceX’s latest Starlink launch from the East Coast took place about a week ago on Sunday (July 17), from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station up the road from KSC.
Starlink, SpaceX’s satellite Internet service, includes approximately 2,900 Starlink satellites (opens in a new tab) launched to date. Starlink Group 4-25 joins previous launches this month from the West and East coasts of the United States.
The company is working to increase the service quickly. It has regulatory approval to put at least 12,000 Starlinks into orbit and is asking an international regulator to put 30,000 more satellites after that.
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