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CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — SpaceX is preparing to launch into the holiday weekend by sending 23 more Starlink satellites into orbit Saturday morning.
Falcon 9 will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on the Starlink Group 6-32 mission.
The original launch window opened at 11 p.m. ET Friday, but was pushed to 12:02 a.m. and then 12:30 a.m. Saturday. Several back up opportunities also exist.
The 45th Weather Squadron is giving 60-70% favorable liftoff conditions, with the only concerns being Thick Cloud Layers Rule and Cumulus Cloud Rule.
Click here to learn more about NASA’s launch weather criteria for the Falcon Nine rocket.
The top-tier reinforcement of this Falcon nine has 18 successful missions, counting this one. Previous missions come with Crew Demo-2, ANASIS-11, CRS-21, Transporter-1, Transporter-3, and thirteen Starlink missions.
After the stage separation, the first-stage booster will land on the droneship Just Read the Instructions in the Atlantic Ocean.
Starlink 6-32 will send 23 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit, where they will join the thousands of their mechanical brethren already there.
These Starlink V2 Mini satellites each weigh 1,760 pounds (800 kilograms) and will supply internet to many places around the world, said Starlink, a SpaceX company.
Before the launch, Dr. Jonathan McDowell of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics’ documented the following Starlink satellite information.