Good morning, friends, and Happy Veterans Day.
It’s your Space Coast correspondent James Sparvero, and I want to start by saying to all of our vets, you are appreciated!
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And here’s something else we can all appreciate to kick start the week: two launches in four hours!
The weather here at the Cape is looking good for two Falcon 9 rockets scheduled to lift off Monday afternoon at 12:07 p.m. and 4:02 p.m.
First, at pad 39a, SpaceX will launch a South Korean telecommunications satellite. This one will have a sonic boom booster landing!
Then, at pad 40, it’s the next launch of Starlink satellites, which was delayed from over the weekend.
And every launch for the rest of the year is historic because we’ve never seen so many.
Monday’s launches would be Nos. 77 and 78 in a record-setting 2024 that just broke last year’s annual launch record of 72 before Halloween.
We’ll stream both launches on ClickOrlando.com. Enjoy, and don’t forget to thank a vet!
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👋 Here’s a little bit more about me.
Little did I know when watching Apollo 13 in the third grade that 20 years later, I was destined for a thrilling career as your Space Coast multimedia journalist.
Chemistry and biology weren’t so interesting to me in high school science, but I loved my Earth and Space class (Thanks, Mr. Lang).
Then in 2016, I traded Capitol correspondent in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for space correspondent. I’m proud that my first live report at News 6 happened to be the first time SpaceX landed a Falcon 9 booster on a barge. What seems so routine now was a really big deal that day in our newsroom!
From there, I’ve covered the Commercial Crew program and the return of human spaceflight to Kennedy Space Center (Demo-2 launched on my 33rd birthday!)
Now, as our coverage looks forward to missions to the moon and Mars, I often tell others I have the best job in local news. Because after all I’ve seen so far, I think I would be bored working somewhere else. I even bought a house near the Cape with a great view to the north so I never miss a launch even when I’m not working.
After eight years on the beat, though, I still consider myself a young space reporter and I always look forward to learning something new with every assignment.
Have a great launch into the rest of your week!