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SpaceX to launch Starlink mission from Florida coast

News 6 will plan to stream event live

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching from the Space Coast with a batch of Starlink satellites. (SpaceX)

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – SpaceX on Sunday will attempt to launch another Starlink mission from Kennedy Space Center.

The Falcon 9 launch at Launch Complex 39A is scheduled for 7:02 p.m., according to SpaceX’s website.

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Twenty-nine Starlink satellites will take a ride to low-Earth orbit during what will be the relevant first-stage booster’s 32nd flight.

(The first-stage booster) previously launched CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat 5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, SES O3B mPOWER-A, PSN SATRIA, Telkomsat Merah Putih 2, Galileo L13, Koreasat-6A, and 20 Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

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News 6 will plan to stream the launch live at the top of this story.

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