Update: Falcon Nine Takes Off at 6:59 a. m. EDT!The rocket effectively sent 53 Starlink Internet satellites into low-Earth orbit and landed on the Shortfall of Gravitas drone in the Atlantic Ocean. Read our full post-launch story here.
Follow spaceX targets at 6:59 a. m. EDT on Wednesday, May 18 for the launch of a Falcon nine rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Packed into the payload fairing are Starlink Internet satellites, marking the company’s 48th launch for the constellation to date. Pad 39A will be the host.
Falcon nine will fly northeast and, a few minutes later, will aim to land a drone in the Atlantic Ocean.
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