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Launch targeting 9:49 p.m. on Thursday
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX announced another Starlink launch from Florida’s Space Coast that’s scheduled for Thursday night.
According to the company, the launch will send a batch of 23 Starlink satellites into orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Liftoff for the launch is targeting 9:49 p.m., though backup opportunities will be available until 1:17 a.m. on Friday.
In addition, more backup opportunities will be available on Friday starting at 9:03 p.m.
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This is set to be the 19th flight for the first-stage booster used in this mission, which has previously been used to launch the CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat 5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, SES 03b mPOWER, PSN SATRIA, Telkomsat Merah Putih 2, and nine other Starlink missions.
News 6 will stream the launch lives at the top of this story when it happens.
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