Liftoff is scheduled for 12:03 a.m. ET on Friday (Sept. 15).
"Recovery operations" refers to the plan to bring the Falcon 9's first stage safely back to Earth after launch, something that SpaceX has been doing for years now.
On Friday, the booster will touch down about 8.5 minutes after liftoff on the SpaceX droneship Just Read the Instructions, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast. It will be the fifth launch and landing for this particular booster, according to aThat's contingent on the waters in the touchdown zone being calm enough, as SpaceX noted in its X post today. The company has postponed liftoffs before to wait for better conditions in the recovery area.
The 22 Starlink satellites, meanwhile, are scheduled to deploy from the Falcon 9's upper stage about 65 minutes after launch.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
SpaceX confirms Starlink ‘network outage’Starlink seemed to be down for a lot of people.
Read more »
SpaceX's Starlink partners with European satellite giant SES for combined cruise market serviceEuropean satellite operator SES is teaming up with SpaceX’s Starlink to offer a combined service to cruise operators.
Read more »
| SpaceX’s Starlink Demonstrates Its Power but Still Needs GrowthRevenue at the satellite-internet business jumped to $1.4 billion last year but has fallen short of Musk’s financial projections.
Read more »
SpaceX no longer taking losses to produce Starlink satellite antennas, a key step to improving profitabilityElon Musk’s SpaceX is no longer absorbing the cost of the Starlink antennas that it sells with its satellite internet service.
Read more »
| Starlink Surges But Still Isn’t Meeting SpaceX’s Goals, Documents ShowRevenue at the satellite-internet business jumped to $1.4 billion last year but has fallen short of Elon Musk’s financial projections.
Read more »
| Starlink Surges But Is Still Far Short of SpaceX’s Goals, Documents ShowRevenue at the satellite-internet business jumped to $1.4 billion last year but has fallen short of Elon Musk’s financial projections.
Read more »