SpaceX is getting ready for its second launch of the day with one other Starlink flight. This Falcon 9 rocket will add one other 23 Starlink satellites to the rising megaconstellation.
Liftoff of the Starlink 10-13 mission from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral House Pressure Station is about for five:10 p.m. EDT (2110 UTC).
Spaceflight Now can have reside protection starting about an hour previous to liftoff.
Coming into the Wednesday launch alternative, the forty fifth Climate Squadron forecast situations to be 75 % favorable for liftoff. It mentioned the first considerations have been liftoff winds and cumulus clouds, noting wind speeds have been predicted to be between 20 to twenty-eight miles per hour.
The Falcon 9 first stage booster for this mission, tail quantity B1078 within the SpaceX fleet, will likely be launching for a 14th time. It beforehand supported the launches of Crew-6, BlueBird-1, USSF-124 and 9 earlier Starlink missions.
A bit greater than eight minutes after liftoff, B1078 will land on the SpaceX droneship, ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas.’ If profitable, this would be the 83rd booster touchdown for ASOG and the 361st booster touchdown thus far.
The Starlink 10-13 flight will deliver the full variety of Starlink satellites launched in 2024 to 1,565. Previous to the Wednesday night launch and following the Starlink 9-9 mission launch Wednesday morning, Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer and skilled orbital tracker famous that there have been 6,534 Starlink satellites remaining on orbit.
