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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket starts 23 Starlink satellites in Florida on November 7, 2024. Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX will launch another batch of his Starlink internet on Saturday (February 8) of Floridas Space Coast.
A Falcon 9 rocket with 21 Starlink spaceships, including 13 with direct functions, is to take off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Saturday, while an almost four-hour window that is open at 1:23 p.m. EST (1823 GMT)).
SpaceX will stream the campaign live via your X account, which begins about five minutes before the start.
The first stage of the Falcon 9 returns about eight minutes after retreating to Earth when everything goes according to plan. It will end up in the Atlantic Ocean on the drone ship “A lack of gravitas”.
According to a SpaceX mission description, it will be the 17th start and landing for this special booster. Twelve of his 16 flights so far were Starlink missions.
The upper stage of the Falcon 9 is now transported the 21 Starlink satellites into the Low Earth orbit and used there about 65 minutes after retreat.
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SpaceX has now launched 16 missions for Falcon 9 in 2025, of which 10 Starlink flights.
The company also has another start in the belt – the test flight of its Starship Megarocket on January 16, which was partially successful. Starships Super Heavy First Stage returned to the starting tower as planned to get a “stick” catch, but the upper stage of the vehicle exploded about 8.5 minutes after the start, apparently due to a brewing area.