Update 12:18 EST: SpaceX confirmed the placement of 22 Starlink V2 Mini satellites in low Earth orbit.
Updated 11:39 PM EST: The Falcon 9 rocket launched for the Starlink 6-14 mission at 23:12 EDT (0312 UTC) with its first stage booster, B1076, and landed on the drone ship, A Shortfall of Gravitas, about eight and a half minutes after liftoff. . The 22 Starlink V2 Mini satellites are expected to deploy around 12:17 EDT (0417 UTC).
Updated 18:46 EST:
SpaceX has adjusted the launch time of the Starlink 6-14 mission. Now they are targeting a T-0 liftoff at 23:12 EDT (0312 UTC on September 9). It has another buffer time in the launch window of 23:30 EST (0330 UTC on September 9).
Original story:
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 22 Starlink second-generation Internet satellites at 7:56 p.m. EDT (2356 UTC) Friday evening from Pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Additional launch opportunities are available at 23:12 EST (0312 UTC) and 23:30 EST (0330 UTC). The first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket will land on the drone ship “A Shortfall of Gravitas” in the Atlantic Ocean. The booster rocket made its seventh flight.
According to the 45th Weather Squadron, in a forecast released Thursday, there is a 60 percent chance of acceptable conditions for the first launch opportunity, and increasing to 85 percent for subsequent launch opportunities.
Our live coverage from Cape Canaveral, with commentary by Spaceflight Now’s Will Robinson Smith, will begin about an hour before launch.
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