SpaceX to launch 23 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

File: A Falcon 9 rocket stands within the launch place at House Launch Complicated 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral House Pressure Station forward of the deliberate liftoff of the Starlink 6-61 mission on Oct. 22, 2024. Picture: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now

Replace Nov. 6, 2:56 p.m. EST: SpaceX pushed the deliberate T-0 liftoff time to the top of the launch window.

SpaceX will take one other chew on the apple with regards to launching its newest batch of Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral House Pressure Station.

A helium-related floor system difficulty compelled a scrub of the Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday, with simply two minutes and 36 seconds left on the countdown clock. The launch was rescheduled for Tuesday after Monday’s launch of the CRS-31 house station resupply mission, however was then delayed one other day with out clarification from SpaceX.

On Wednesday, SpaceX pushed again the deliberate T-0 for the rocket in the direction of the top of the four-hour launch window. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral House Pressure Station is at the moment focusing on 7:39 p.m. EST (0039 UTC).

Spaceflight Now could have reside protection starting about an hour previous to liftoff.

Coming into the Wednesday launch alternative, the forty fifth Climate Squadron forecast only a 30 % likelihood of favorable climate at liftoff. Considerations embrace cumulus clouds, thick clouds and liftoff winds, that are predicted to fall between 19 and 27 miles per hour.

The Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, tail quantity B1085 within the SpaceX fleet, will launch for a 3rd time. It beforehand supported the Crew-9 astronaut mission to the Worldwide House Station and Starlink 10-5.

The SpaceX droneship, ‘Simply Learn the Directions,’ is on faucet to assist this mission, stationed within the Atlantic west of the Bahamas. If all goes in response to plan, this may mark the 96th booster touchdown for JRTI and the 362nd booster touchdown up to now.

Assuming a profitable launch, listed below are the newest orbital launch and touchdown stats: