KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – SpaceX on Saturday launched another Falcon 9 rocket with an assortment of satellites, the first of two nighttime launches planned over the weekend on the Space Coast, however, Sunday’s launch was delayed until Tuesday.
Due to weather, the launch was delayed by 10 minutes, but the rideshare rocket launched at 9:20 p.m. from Kennedy Space Center, carrying a payload of SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellites (Group 4-2, 34 units total) and a test satellite for AST SpaceMobile, BlueWalker 3.
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According to Next Spaceflight, the booster used in Saturday’s mission – B1058 – will embark on its 14th flight. The autonomous drone ship “A Shortfall of Gravitas” will attempt to catch the booster in the Atlantic, floating it back to dry land for a 66-day turnaround.
The launch set for Sunday evening from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station was rescheduled for Sept. 13, according to SpaceX. SpaceX is targeting 10:10 p.m. for the launch.
Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete – targeting Tuesday, September 13 for launch of 54 Starlink satellites to orbit from SLC-40 in Florida → https://t.co/n8l1G1m819
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 11, 2022
News 6 will stream the launch live at the top of this story when coverage begins.
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