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SpaceX set for another Starlink launch from Florida coast

Space agency targeting 10:46 p.m. for liftoff

FILE PHOTO - A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (Copyright 2024 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.)

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – SpaceX is planning for a Saturday evening launch from the Space Coast.

The space agency said that a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 28 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

The launch window runs from 9:18 p.m. to 1:04 a.m. on Sunday.

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This will be the 33rd flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which 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 A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

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