KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — SpaceX is preparing for another Starlink launch as the weather is looking fine for Friday morning.
What You Need To Know
SpaceX will send off Starlink 10-57 mission
The Falcon 9 rocket will send up Starlink 10-57 mission from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A, stated SpaceX.
The launch window is from 6:56 a.m. ET to 10:56 a.m. ET, as the liftoff time is set at 8:32 a.m. ET.
The 45th Weather Squadron is giving a 70% chance of good liftoff conditions, with the only concerns being the cumulus cloud rule.
Find out more about the weather criteria for a Falcon 9 launch.
Going up
This is the 27th mission for the Falcon 9’s first-stage booster B1069. It has had number of missions before this launch, with most of them being Starlink ones:
After the stage separation, the first-stage rocket will land on the droneship Just Read the Instructions that will be in the Atlantic Ocean.
About the mission
The 28 satellites from the Starlink company, owned by SpaceX, will be heading to low-Earth orbit to join the thousands already there.
Once deployed and in their orbit, they will provide internet service to many parts of Earth.
Dr. Jonathan McDowell, of Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, has been recording Starlink satellites.
Before this launch, McDowell recorded the following:
8,344 are in orbit
7,551 are in operational orbit