Michael Wall is a Senior Space Writer with Space.com and joined the team in 2010. He primarily covers exoplanets, spaceflight and military space, but has been known to dabble in the space art beat. His book about the search for alien life, 'Out There,' was published on Nov. 13, 2018.
internet satellites is scheduled to launch tonight from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a four-hour window that opens at 7:57 p.m. EDT . of weather good enough to allow a launch attempt. If tonight's try is scrubbed, the next opportunity will come on Saturday evening .for the 19th time tonight. It will make a vertical landing about 8.5 minutes after liftoff on the drone ship Just Read the Instructions, which will be stationed off the Florida coast.
Seventeen of the 27 Falcon 9 missions already in the books this year have been dedicated to building out Starlink, SpaceX's huge and ever-growing broadband constellation in LEO. Starlink currently consists ofto keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more! And if you have a news tip, correction or comment, let us know at: and joined the team in 2010. He primarily covers exoplanets, spaceflight and military space, but has been known to dabble in the space art beat.
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